PSY 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Stanford Prison Experiment, Deindividuation, Non-Interventionism
16 May 2012
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Identify aspects of social situations which influence the behaviour of individuals. Examine factors that influence conformity and obedience to authority. Discuss how attitudes are shaped by social pressure, and the nature of prejudice. We don t live in isolation; we live amongst others. If a name is mentioned in lecture know this name! Most people on average consider radio, or tv people to be credible. If you are listening to the radio and you hear something like there s a martian. In a group setting we may think about answering differently. Orson welles made a radio broadcast around the time of halloween. This was a prank phony news broadcast. He repeatedly said that this was an adaptation of a science story so it wasn t a complete hoax. The study of how people influence others behaviour, beliefs and attitudes - people on tv, people on the radio.
