PSY 10200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Social Proof, Venn Diagram, Philip Zimbardo
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Do things to fit in the group. It is an ongoing group you belong to: you afraid to not conform. If the leader is powerful what is right most people will tend to agree and pressure you to agree: three ways to avoid; If you a leader say i heard someone make the following suggestion but. Don"t try to please me you owe me an honest answer. Names to know: solomon asch, study social influence( conformity ) Polish-american gestalt psychologist and pioneer in social psychology: stanley milgram, a high school classmate of philip zimbardo and then a student of solomon asch, knew that people often give in to social pressures, obedience study (https://www. simplypsychology. org/milgram. html) If a learner gets it wrong then there will be a punish, for the first wrong answer, you will flip the switch labeled 15. With each succeeding error, you will move to the next higher voltage: the end of the study, nobody got hurt.