PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: 350.Org, Motivation, Cognitive Dissonance
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Darbi, iraq and pictures of iraqi prisoners being tortured; shared, now under protection: power of the situation exists but individuals are ultimately responsible for own acts! 3+, conformity level max consciously going against activates prefrontal cortex perceiving frontal, occipital and parietal lobes going against group makes us feel fear, and heightens social awareness going with group can be because of changed perception. Social roles study: stanford prison study, 9 prisoners, 9 guards, absorbed into roles, abusive, one prisoner removed because of emotional distress unethical study! Obedience study: milgram experiment, participant = teacher, confederate = learner (middle-aged man), administer shock when gets something wrong (65% shocked him to death!") Eichmann factor: another person flicking switch, less responsibility on you personally . Amadou diallo, shot by ununiformed officers at night in the bronx (was innocent!!) explicit processes: conscious thought, deliberate, slow, effortful, under our control subjective inner awareness my mind implicit processes: unconscious, intuitive, fast, automatic thought.
