PSYC 363 Final: final study guide
23 Jul 2011
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Rethinking the psychology of tyranny: the bbc prison study. Nature of group processes which can induce most inoffensive of individuals to commit most offensive act. Group level psychology of tyranny unequal social system involving the arbitrary or oppressive use of power by one group or its agents over another. De-individuation submergence in the crowd individuals lose their individual identity and sense of responsibility therefore become capable of barbaric acts; anonymity within a group. In what ways do reicher and haslam"s data challenge the usual interpretation of the. In social identity theory, what is meant by permeability of group boundaries and. Permeability of group boundaries beliefs about one"s ability to advance through social system despite one"s group membership. Some people might critique the bbc study, saying that it"s not anything close to the conditions in a real prison. How would reicher and haslam respond to this? www. notesolution. com.
