REC 205 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Milgram Experiment, Cockroach, Cadence Skill

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: REC 205
• Professor: Roger Mannell

Document Summary

Looking at leisure services from a psychological perspective. To look beyond the actual activity and into the intrinsic qualities and outcomes of the service. Focus not on the activity but on the actual benefits and what is experienced such as perceived freedom. The milgram study tested the willingness of study participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts that conflicted with their personal conscience. It shows that when felt under power to an authority figure people will act against their own moral code. A video of this is used to introduce students to the concept of social psychology because it demonstrates very explicitly the power of authority figures and how easily we conform and obey. It shows clear emphasis that study participant is acting against their will. Define and contrast the s-r, o-r, and s-o-r theoretical approaches (6). What is the interactionist approach (2): social psychology of leisure is. , s-r (stimulus-response approach) o predictable outcomes o.