PSYC 308 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Institutional Review Board, Naturalistic Fallacy
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From mental illness and illegality of homosexual behavior to tolerance of same-sex marriage. Social psychology can be defined as the scientific study of the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of individuals in social situations. Zimbardo stanford university simulated prison study terminated after 6 days. We put good apples in a bad barrel (military guards at the abu ghraib prison in iraq used torture, humiliation, and intimidation to try to obtain information from the prisoners. This included stripping them and making them lie naked in the prison corridors. Such degradation echoes what happened in the zimbardo prison study, as shown in this photo of a guard seeking to humiliate one of his prisoners at the simulated prison. ) Hannah arendt- any one of us is capable of performing acts of brutality. Dispositions ( ) internal factors, such as beliefs, values, personality traits, and abilities, that guide a person"s behavior.
