PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Kurt Lewin, Philip Zimbardo, Social Loafing
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13. 1 the power of the situation: social influences on behaviour. Joe darby handed over pictures of us militants torturing iraqi prisoners in abu ghraib and now his family and he are in protective custody. Them thinking, changes made to what is acceptable methods of interrogation, strong pressure from officials to get results. Kurt lewin (grandfather of social psychology) studied interaction between person and situation. B=f(pe): behaviour is a function of the person and environment. Social psychology focuses on present moment, situation person happens to be in at a particular time is a key influence on behaviour. Mimicry taking on for ourselves the behaviours, emotional displays, and facial expressions of others. Who we are is constantly shaped and patterned by other people. Chameleon effect describes how people mimic other non-consciously, automatically copying others" behaviour even without realizing it (e. g. laughing when others laugh, whispering) People who are mimicked have more favourable views of the person who is mimicking them.
