PSY 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Fundamental Attribution Error, Mind Control, Groupthink

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 110
• Professor: Winters Ray

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Lucas tozzi: the experiment had to be stopped after a few days because it became reality for the people involved. The guards treaty the inmates terribly and the inmates became depressed and distraught. These results show us that the origins of many destructive human relationships can be found in destructive roles: the autokinetic effect is the apparent movement of a stationary pinpoint of light displayed in a darkened room. In an experiment people give very different estimates of how far the light moves when they are alone. When they estimate with another person at the same time, their answers converge to the same movement. This is an example of social influence (one person"s behavior is changed by the actions of others. The convergence of attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors tends to take place in many groups: attribution theory is the process of making inferences about the causes of one"s own behavior, and that of others.