PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Milgram Experiment, Stanford Prison Experiment, Social Loafing

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

Document Summary

Understand why individuals conform to others" behaviours. Understand how individuals and groups can in uence behaviours. The power of the situation: social in uences on. Zimbardo believed that many social psychological forces, together, setup a situation. To try and understand social reality, social psychologists study the interaction between the person and the situation. Kurt lewin said behaviour is a function of the person and the environment (b = f(p,e)) Mimicry mimicry: taking on the behaviours, emotional displays, and facial expressions of others (we are in uenced by the people around us) Vast bulk of our consciousness is determined through implicit processes. Our unconscious level of our awareness is constantly shaped and patterned by others chameleon effect: people mimic others unconsciously, automatically copying others" behaviours even without realizing it. Helps people to coordinate their behaviours in a social setting, which makes us feel reassured and validated by each other.