PSYB10H3 Chapter 1: Chapter 1- An invitation to Social Psych
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Social psychology: scientific study of feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of individuals in social situations. American atrocities were exposed on cbs broadcast revealing the malevolence of. Stanford university students were paid to participate in an experiment. The prison experiment: in which a coin was flipped to see who would participate as a prisoner or guard. The guards = green uniform/ sunglasses, prisoners = tunics/nylon caps. This study was supposed to last 2 weeks but the guards quickly turned to verbal abuse and physical humiliation (i. e prisoners had to wear bags over their heads, stripping them naked, making them engage in stimulated sexual acts) Zimbardo today maintains that the balance of power in prisons is so unequal that they tend to be brutal places unless heavy constrains are applied to curb the guards" worst impulses. It is not bad apples in good barrel but good apples in bad barrel!
