PSYC 3430 Lecture Notes - Agreeableness, Drill Instructor, Stanford Prison Experiment
8 Oct 2012
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Power chapter 8: powerful people and groups can compel obedience among members who would otherwise resist the group"s wishes, few interactions advance very far before elements of power and influence come into play. Power the potential influence and control over outcomes: power is a group level process. Involves some members of a group conforming to the requirements of others in situations that range from the purely cooperative and collaborative to those rife with conflict, tension and animosity. Social power the capacity to influence others, even when those others try to resist influence. Created small groups in his laboratory at yale. Three-man groups: one member was a volunteer who had answered an advertisement. Asked learner questions, every time one was answer incorrectly, administered a shock, growing in intensity for every wrong answer: one member was the experimenter who was in charge of the session. Late 40s, acted friendly and a little nervous. 65% administered the full 450 volts to the learner.
