person’s endeavors to defeat them (Gerrig & Zimbardo‚ 2010). Some common OCD experiences are: extreme checking‚ extreme cleaning‚ and any habit that is taken to the extreme; OCD can also include common phobias: to animals‚ needles‚ heights‚ etc. The compulsions are repetitive and have different responses according to the obsession. At first‚ people can control the compulsions‚ but when anxiety rises‚ the tension seems uncontrollable (Gerrig & Zimbardo‚ 2010). OCD can be very frustrating because
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Broken Windows Disorder is defined as the disruption of peaceful and law-abiding behavior. Malcolm Gladwell uses this word to explain the cause of chaos and epidemic when it comes to crime in cities. In Gladwell’s passage‚ The Power of Context‚ he describes disorder as an epidemic which results from a small‚ single event‚ referred to as the “broken window” and which can instigate and influence the behaviors of those in the community. In the Power of Context‚ Gladwell describes disorder as something
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Zimbardo had an all male participant group and split them into two groups of guards and prisoners. He put the groups into a simulated prison setting. This experiment was due to last two weeks‚ however‚ due to the participants taking their roles so seriously
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of participants would administer a fatal shock if instructed by an authority figure to do so. In the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ Zimbardo found both the student guards and student prisoners assumed their roles immediately. The guards began to degrade the prisoners and as a result the prisoners started to reject the guard’s authority and began to revolt. Secondly‚ Zimbardo found that some of the guards displayed cruel behavior and punished the prisoners with manual labor
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At the beginning of the experiment‚ everyone had an ascribed role or a role assigned by the conductor of the experiment. Professor Zimbardo was ascribed to be the superintendent. 24 healthy male college students were randomly assigned to be either the guards or the prisoners. The guards’ responsibility was simply to cause chaos and disturbance among the inmates without using physical
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“The Man He Killed”: A Reflection of Human Nature Philip Zimbardo‚ a renowned psychologist known famously for the 1971 Stanford Prison experiment‚ once said “human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The ’situation’ is the external environment. The inner environment is genes‚ moral history‚ religious training” In this quote‚ Zimbardo addresses the perceived reasoning behind any individual’s decision making. Similar to this reasoning‚ Thomas Hardy’s “The Man He Killed”
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It can be inferred that learning from others has become the default form of learning in today’s society. We as humans acquire new intelligence every day‚ potentially without realizing such. Growing up‚ a child will attend school; there they will focus on developing the skills of a student: taking notes‚ memorization‚ performance‚ and others. In addition to this‚ children will also learn social skills‚ such as being a friend‚ or being a bully. Growing into adulthood‚ these children will develop
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10th Ed. New York: Pearsons‚ Longmen. 2008. Pages 407 – 13. Milgram‚ Stanley. “The Perils of Obedience.” Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Ed. Laurens Behrens and Leonard Rosen. 10th Ed. New York: Pearsons‚ Longmen. 2008. Pages 358 – 70. Zimbardo‚ Philip G. “The Stanford Prison Experiment.” Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Ed. Laurens Behrens and Leonard Rosen. 10th Ed. New York: Pearsons‚ Longmen. 2008. Pages 389 – 400
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Ethics Ethics are the moral codes laid down by professionals to ensure that their members or representatives adhere to certain standards of behaviour. All scientific bodies have such codes but those in psychology are particularly important because of the subject matter of the topic. The three main ethical issues in psychology using human participants are: Privacy‚ physical and psychological harm and deception. Deception involves either concealing the real intention of a study from participants
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Outline and evaluate research into Conformity as an explanation of Human Social Behaviour “Conforming” is when a person changes the way they act and think to fit in with the majority of people in a group to gain acceptance. Kelman (1958) said that there are 3 types of conformity‚ Compliance‚ which means going along with others to gain approval and avoid rejection and accepting the group view in public but not private. Identification is conforming to someone who is liked and respected and Internalisation
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