PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Psych, Role Conflict, Stanford Prison Experiment

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Studies how we think and perceive our social world (social thinking & social perception) How other people influence our behaviours (social influence) How we behave toward other people (social relations) At times we follow the opinions or behaviour of other ppl because we believe they have accurate knowledge and what they are doing is right informational social influence. We conform to obtain rewards that come from being accepted by other ppl, while at the same time avoiding their rejection normative social influence. When alone, people answered incorrectly on fewer than 1% of trials. When in a group, people answered incorrectly on an average of the 33% trials. Presence of a dissenter: when 1 confederate (accomplices) disagreed with the others, this reduced real participants" conformity. Milgram"s experiment: deliver a shock when a mistake was made, how far of the shock level would they go, milgram asked psychologists, students, etc to predict level of obedience.