PSYC 2P30 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Philip Zimbardo, Social Loafing, Group Cohesiveness
17 Nov 2016
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What is a group: group a collection of three or more people who interact with each other and are interdependent, meaning their needs and goals cause them to be together, we join them because . Help define who are are and who we will be in the future. Information about the social world: composition of group . Homogenous members with similar ages, sex, beliefs, etc. Have social roles shared expectations by group members about how particular members of the group are supposed to behave. Some people can get too involve int heir social roles and lose their identity/personality. Philip zimbardo what happens when you put people in an evil place . Male participants randomly selected roles as either guard/prisoner. Guards became sadistic prisoners became depressed and showed sign of stress. Participants were sos absorb in their roles the experiment had be end after six days. Have gender roles roles of women and men vary from cultures.
