PS102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Dispositional Attribution, Fundamental Attribution Error, Philip Zimbardo
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Chapter 8: behaviour in social and cultural context. Norms: rules that regulate social life, including explicit laws and implicit cultural conventions. E. g. process of getting married, norms about how to behave in public. Role: a given social position that is governed by a set of norms for proper behaviour (e. g. gender roles) if you violate it, you [or people will make you] will feel uncomfortable. Culture: a program of shared rules that govern the behaviour of people in a community or society, and a set of values, beliefs and customs shared by most members of that community culture shapes roles. The participant was asked to administer dangerous levels of electric shock to another person and two-thirds obeyed to the full extent. Obedience was more a function of the situation than the personalities of the participants. The prison study: by philip zimbardo & craig haney. Those assigned the role of prisoner acted like them; helpless, broke down, developed ailments.
