MAN 336 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Milgram Experiment, Peer Pressure, Nuremberg Trials
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Power is the ability to influence the behavior of others to get what you want. On november 27, 2007, fortune named steve jobs the most powerful person in business. Class (cid:374)otes: o(cid:374)e (cid:373)is(cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) is that po(cid:449)er is so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g that"s assigned to you. Power is ability to influence but up to people to let you influence them. Co(cid:374)for(cid:373)it(cid:455) refers to people"s te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)ies to (cid:271)eha(cid:448)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)siste(cid:374)tl(cid:455) with social norms. Class notes: exposes darker side of human nature and our flaws. This is an illustration of the setup of a milgram experiment. Class notes: experimenter is wearing lab coat (has aura of authority) and is giving out instructions. Well over 50% of teachers willing to give ever increasing electric shocks based on direction of experimenter. Nazis kept sa(cid:455)i(cid:374)g (cid:862)i (cid:449)as just follo(cid:449)i(cid:374)g orders(cid:863) Participants were asked one by one to say which of the lines on the right matched the line on the focal line on the left.
