PSYC 102- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 35 pages long!)
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Key factors: psychological distance between teacher and experimenter. By phone, and the obedience drops: psychological/physical distance between teacher and learner. Closed, dropped obedience: the credibility of the lab and experimenter. Conformity: occurs when people yield to real or imagined social pressure. Asch studies: of the 50 participants 37% conformed. 13 never confirmed, 14 confirmed on more than 1/2 the trials. 2 key factors: group unanimity, group size. Why do people conform: the normative influence : people conform to social norms for fear of negative consequences, informational influences : people look to others for guidance about how to behave when in ambiguous situations. Social roles: shared expectations about how particular people are expected to behave within a group. Don"t confuse with social norms: expectations of behaviour for entire group. Prejudice: a hostile or negative attitude toward people in a distinguishable group based solely on their membership in that group.
