PSY220H1 Midterm: PSY220H1F MIDTERM II TEXTBOOK REVIEW
Document Summary
A group of normal, mature, stable, young men were told to be prisoners and guards, and they were soon unable to differentiate role-playing and self. This experiment changed their aspects of behavior, thinking and feeling entirely. Chapter 2 conformity: consequences of being social animals, we live in a state of tension between values associated with individuality and values associated with conformity. Conformity example: (james thurder, american cartoonist) one person was running, before long, everyone else started to run. Deviate does not evoke daniel boone on the mountaintop. Team player does not evoke the cookie cutter-produced bureaucrat. There is an inconsistency in the way our society seems to feel about conformity. Kennedy praised those who refused to be good team plays long after the deeds (cid:449)e(cid:396)e do(cid:374)e, thei(cid:396) (cid:272)olleagues(cid:859) i(cid:373)(cid:373)ediately reactions were very negative. Johnny rocco, a juvenile delinquent, was a subject to be discussed by several groups of students.
