Why do people obey authority
... how behaviour impacts on interpersonal relationships, the subjective reasons for why people feel they have to be obedient necessitates a different approach in its explanation. In a seminal study on obedience to authority, Stanley Milgram explained the high rates of obedience within several experimen ...
... how behaviour impacts on interpersonal relationships, the subjective reasons for why people feel they have to be obedient necessitates a different approach in its explanation. In a seminal study on obedience to authority, Stanley Milgram explained the high rates of obedience within several experimen ...
Conformity and Obedience
... – They drew slips for the role of teacher and learner – How far would you go? • When asked how far they thought other people would go, no one expected anyone to proceed to the XXX shock, but 65% of them went all the way to the 450 volts shock Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ...
... – They drew slips for the role of teacher and learner – How far would you go? • When asked how far they thought other people would go, no one expected anyone to proceed to the XXX shock, but 65% of them went all the way to the 450 volts shock Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ...
krueger-2009-aration.. - Description
... Asch's (1956) findings of significant conformity under conditions that also encouraged individual autonomy revived the specter of crowd psychology (Rook, 2006) and especially notions of herd behavior (Tarde, 1895; Trotter, 1916). Later studies continued Asch's search for moderator variables of confo ...
... Asch's (1956) findings of significant conformity under conditions that also encouraged individual autonomy revived the specter of crowd psychology (Rook, 2006) and especially notions of herd behavior (Tarde, 1895; Trotter, 1916). Later studies continued Asch's search for moderator variables of confo ...
AS EDEXCEL PSYCHOLOGY 2008
... Personality (charisma): it doesn’t take into account personality variables & obedience, some people might be naturally more predisposed to obey, whilst some people can get others to obey them even when they have little or no authority over them, it is simply the force of their personality (charism ...
... Personality (charisma): it doesn’t take into account personality variables & obedience, some people might be naturally more predisposed to obey, whilst some people can get others to obey them even when they have little or no authority over them, it is simply the force of their personality (charism ...
Rethinking the Laboratory Experiment
... which appropriate actions are taken. The results will be explicit formulations of that knowledge, perhaps in the form of sets of rules or as scripts. Improvisations by subjects become meaningful within particular interpre tations of the drama. Each participant, as in real I ife, strives to keep the ...
... which appropriate actions are taken. The results will be explicit formulations of that knowledge, perhaps in the form of sets of rules or as scripts. Improvisations by subjects become meaningful within particular interpre tations of the drama. Each participant, as in real I ife, strives to keep the ...
Social Psychology JC - Middletown High School
... • Abu Ghraib- What is it? • Grab a book, open up to page 462, we will read about it together. ...
... • Abu Ghraib- What is it? • Grab a book, open up to page 462, we will read about it together. ...
Rosen, Milgram and Morals
... us to blame the obedient Milgram subjects. But even if this is right, there are two ways to account for this moral fact. One possibility is that it would be a mistake to blame them because they are not blameworthy; another is that it would be a mistake for us to blame them even if they are blamewort ...
... us to blame the obedient Milgram subjects. But even if this is right, there are two ways to account for this moral fact. One possibility is that it would be a mistake to blame them because they are not blameworthy; another is that it would be a mistake for us to blame them even if they are blamewort ...
psychology_primary_source_material
... personality, experience shows that there are certain features which offer the most obstinate resistance to moral control and prove almost impossible to influence. These resistances are usually bound up with projections, which are not recognized as such, and their recognition is a moral achievement b ...
... personality, experience shows that there are certain features which offer the most obstinate resistance to moral control and prove almost impossible to influence. These resistances are usually bound up with projections, which are not recognized as such, and their recognition is a moral achievement b ...
C6_Notes_SV
... – 3 to 5 people will elicit more conformity than just 1 or 2 – Groups greater in size than 5 yields diminishing returns ...
... – 3 to 5 people will elicit more conformity than just 1 or 2 – Groups greater in size than 5 yields diminishing returns ...
Conformity and Obedience
... (projected onto a screen) in a dark room will appear to move, even though it is still (i.e. it is a visual illusion). • It was discovered that when participants were individually tested their estimates on how far the light moved varied considerably (e.g. from 20cm to 80cm). The participants were the ...
... (projected onto a screen) in a dark room will appear to move, even though it is still (i.e. it is a visual illusion). • It was discovered that when participants were individually tested their estimates on how far the light moved varied considerably (e.g. from 20cm to 80cm). The participants were the ...
Step Up To: Psychology
... 15. When an individual decides to change their behavior to win the approval or social acceptance of others, (s)he is being affected by: ...
... 15. When an individual decides to change their behavior to win the approval or social acceptance of others, (s)he is being affected by: ...
texts - The BBC Prison Study
... nuanced explanation. Here (as in Zimbardo’s study) several of those assigned to be guards refused to embrace this role. The primary issue for these individuals was how an enthusiastic embrace of the guard ...
... nuanced explanation. Here (as in Zimbardo’s study) several of those assigned to be guards refused to embrace this role. The primary issue for these individuals was how an enthusiastic embrace of the guard ...
Social Influence Test Answers
... who knew conformed more than those who didn't. Q12.The majority Q13. Spencer and Perrin - ask if reports of Asch's experiments have overstated the power of the majority to force minority individuals to agree with the obviously mistaken judgements. Q14.Moscovici and Faucheux (1972) argue that it is m ...
... who knew conformed more than those who didn't. Q12.The majority Q13. Spencer and Perrin - ask if reports of Asch's experiments have overstated the power of the majority to force minority individuals to agree with the obviously mistaken judgements. Q14.Moscovici and Faucheux (1972) argue that it is m ...
Groups, Networks, and Organizations
... - A number of critiques have been lobbed against Asch's experiment including a question of the motivation of students to be accurate. Rather than testing conformity, Asch's study may have simply measured a disinterested student's reluctance to engage in conflict to get the answer right. Moreover, i ...
... - A number of critiques have been lobbed against Asch's experiment including a question of the motivation of students to be accurate. Rather than testing conformity, Asch's study may have simply measured a disinterested student's reluctance to engage in conflict to get the answer right. Moreover, i ...
Inferring the Causes of Behaviour: Attribution
... with a woman than another man • Men are less likely to be self-disclosing ...
... with a woman than another man • Men are less likely to be self-disclosing ...
session five- social psychology part one
... was just obeying orders. Milgram wanted to see if there was a certain personality that would be more willing to comply with orders from an authority. ...
... was just obeying orders. Milgram wanted to see if there was a certain personality that would be more willing to comply with orders from an authority. ...
Social Psych Questions
... results and any ethical issues which may have been raised by this study. 4. Who was the lead researcher in the famous obedience experiment that was described in class and in the reading? Describe two aspects of the original experiment that the researcher believed contributed to the high rate of obed ...
... results and any ethical issues which may have been raised by this study. 4. Who was the lead researcher in the famous obedience experiment that was described in class and in the reading? Describe two aspects of the original experiment that the researcher believed contributed to the high rate of obed ...
social influence
... study of attitudes, beliefs, decisions, and actions and the way they are molded by social influence. ...
... study of attitudes, beliefs, decisions, and actions and the way they are molded by social influence. ...
Module 56
... hero because he did NOT obey authority -2700 lives were saved. All but six of Morgan Stanley's 2700 workers survived. Richard Rescorla was one of the lost six. ...
... hero because he did NOT obey authority -2700 lives were saved. All but six of Morgan Stanley's 2700 workers survived. Richard Rescorla was one of the lost six. ...
Milgram, S. Behavioral study of obedience (Yale)
... The Teacher was instructed to repeatedly shock the learner… The learner repeatedly responded with cries of pain and then silence… the Teacher was instructed to continue shocks. The teacher thought they were administering real shocks. The teacher turned to experimenter for guidance on whether to cont ...
... The Teacher was instructed to repeatedly shock the learner… The learner repeatedly responded with cries of pain and then silence… the Teacher was instructed to continue shocks. The teacher thought they were administering real shocks. The teacher turned to experimenter for guidance on whether to cont ...
Chapter 1 - CCRI Faculty Web
... In-group bias—tendency to make favorable attributions for members of our in-group Ethnocentrism is one type of in-group bias ...
... In-group bias—tendency to make favorable attributions for members of our in-group Ethnocentrism is one type of in-group bias ...
EIM8e_Mod38
... Unconsciously mimicking others helps us to feel what they’re feeling. Automatic mimicry is part of empathy and empathic people are more well-liked. Those who are eager to fit in are more prone to automatic mimicry. Sometimes the effects of this suggestibility is serious – resulting in clusters of vi ...
... Unconsciously mimicking others helps us to feel what they’re feeling. Automatic mimicry is part of empathy and empathic people are more well-liked. Those who are eager to fit in are more prone to automatic mimicry. Sometimes the effects of this suggestibility is serious – resulting in clusters of vi ...
