PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-10: Stanford Prison Experiment, Groupthink, Polari
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Social psychology- how people see others and how others influence their behavior. Social norms are how to behave in social contacts in a general context. Social roles, due to your role you must act in accordance. Teacher, due to his role must teach, they have certain social rules to abide by. Zambardo: stanford prison study has evidence that shows the conformity to the roles given to people pg 552 behavior and conformity you are changing your behavior. Social loafing: in a group project one person stops putting in effort. Social facilitation is the opposite of social loafing. Groupthink: everyone in the group to be in an agreement, therefore you avoid stating your opinion to form a general consensus. Obedience: you listen because it is a person of authority who is giving you the instructions, there is an experiment to see how far a person will go to the degree of their obedience.
