PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Kurt Lewin, Philip Zimbardo, Stanford Prison Experiment
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13. 1 the power of the situation: social influences on behaviour. Freudian theories: a person"s behavior being guided by psychological dynamics that were rooted in that person"s distant personal past. Social psychologists: the situation a person happens to be in at a particular time is a key influence on behavior. Lewin"s force-field logic: analyzing the forces operating in the situation and determining which forces to change. Good and bad does not depend on individual bad apples, but actually from bad barrels philip zimbardo. To try to fully understand social reality, social psychologists study the interaction between the person and the situation. Kurt lewin (1936) key founder of social psychology. B = f(p, e) behavior is a function of the person and the environment. Mimicry: taking on for ourselves the behaviors, emotional displays, and facial expressions of others. Though not sheep-like, we do simply follow the herd.
