PSYC 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Kurt Lewin, Philip Zimbardo, Fundamental Attribution Error
29 Apr 2013
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Social psychology feelings, thoughts and behaviour of individuals in social situation. Arendt: argued that eichmann (hitler"s architect to exterminate the jews in nazi- occupied europe) was not demented. Kurt lewin: founder of modern social psychology was jewish who fled nazi germany in the 1930s. They can produce drastic changes in our beliefs and behaviour: we rely on other people for clues about what emotions to feel in various situations and even to define who we are as individuals. The teacher had to give shocks in increments of 15 volts (even up to 150 volts): 80% of participants continued past 150v level. The experiment was presented as a scientific investigation caused the participants to always obey the investigator no matter how harsh the procedure was. Darley & batson: asked students at the princeton theological seminary about basis of religious orientation to determine whether students were concerned with religion as personal salvation or for its other moral and spiritual values.
