CHEM 112 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mirror Neuron, Jane Elliot, Facial Expression
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Chapter 8 behaviour in social and cultural context. Norms (social) rules that regulate social life (how we are supposed to act). There are promises of reward if they are followed and punishment if violated. Some are laws (explicit laws) and some are unspoken regulations (implicit cultural conventions) Role a given social position that is governed by a set of norms for proper behaviour. The milgram obedience experiment milgram wanted to know how many people would obey an authority figure when directly ordered to violate their ethical standards. Each person was assigned as teacher or learner . Whenever the learner, who was in another room, made a mistake in reciting a list of word pairs the teacher had to give him an electrical shock. Every teacher gave the learner some shock and. 2/3rds or the people when to the full extend because the experimenter told them to.
