Obedience is a form of social influence that occurs when a person yields to explicit instructions on orders from an authority figure. Obedience is compliance with commands given by an authority figure. In the 1960s‚ the social psychologist Stanley Milgram did a famous research study called the obedience study. It showed that people have a strong tendency to comply with authority figures. Milgram’s Obedience Study Milgram told his forty male volunteer research subjects that they were participating
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The script of the movie "Das Experiment" was written by Mario Giordano’s book "Black Box". The book is based on the real events that took place in 1971 and received the name of the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ organized by the American scientist Philip Zimbardo. The movie reflects many of the real events of the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ with the addition of the violent and sexual scenes in order to enhance the psychological effect on the audience. This experiment is a psychological research of
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Essay: a) Outline explanations of group display in humans (15 marks) b) Criticially evaluate one or more of your explanations of group display in humans (10 marks) Part A Group display of aggression (behaviour with intent to harm) in ancestors has been seen as an adaptive response‚ promoting inter-group harmony and mutual defence. Lynch mobs have been explained by social transition and the need for conformity‚ for example‚ Myrdal (1944) found that black lynchings in the USA were due to fear
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1. Tina attributes her poor performance on the quiz to her teacher’s inability to teach the material. However‚ she believes that other students who did not do well on the quiz failed because they did not study hard enough. Tina’s reasoning illustrates: a. the actor/observer discrepancy. b. the fundamental attribution error. c. self-fulfilling prophecy. d. ingroup favoritism. 2. Adriana was assigned to do a class project with Jim. Jim rarely spoke in class‚ and Adriana didn’t
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Evolution theory hard to test scientifically so it relies on post hoc reasoning: if behaviour exists today it must have existed previously. 2. Culture bias: the studies of aggression have taken place in western cultures. 3. Gender bias: Deindividuation study by Zimmardo only used female participants; deprivation study by Jiang only used male prison records. Debate: 1. Deterministic: if people are in a group they will lose sense of identity which is not always the case 2. Reductionist
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Binta Kinteh Psyc 102 Instructor: Katleen February 28th‚ 2013 Conflict between BOPE Officers and Drug Gang Members in Elite Squad. The Elite Squad is film about Captain Roberto Nascimento‚ a BOPE (Special Operation Police Squad) captain of Rio de Janeiro‚ who has to find a replacement‚ because he was going to be a father‚ while he and this team are “cleaning up” one of the most notorious favelas off drug gangs in Rio before the arrival of the Pope. This created a conflict between the BOPE
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Social Influence on Behavior Paper Human behavior changes with social situations and biological factors. In addition‚ to studying one’s behavior against social influence provides key elements to coordinate these actions to explore basic concepts of human interactions from a social perspective. Therefore‚ upon examination of the entities of an individual’s social status can lead to the study of behavioral occurrences‚ like aggression and violence among children. Social influence can change
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causes you to perform worse. Another way people’s behavior is impacted by the presence of others is social loafing‚ when people are put into a group to complete a task‚ each individual will perform less than they would if they were working alone. Deindividuation is another example‚ where being part of a group causes a person to lose their sense of individuality and have a reduction of constraints against deviant behavior. 2- Three factors that increase interpersonal attraction are the matching hypothesis
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other yet. But when assistant principal Vernon locks Bender in a closet‚ the group has already established trustworthy relationships among its members‚ so they decide to help Bender escape. Also‚ assistant principal Vernon debatably exhibited deindividuation when he proceeded to threaten Bender and to lock him inside a closet. Normally‚ an assistant principal of a high school wouldn’t speak cruelly or do such things to a student‚ but because of the situation (their history together and how Bender
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The two neurotransmitters that are believed to be the most associated with aggression are low levels of serotonin and high levels of dopamine. These two chemicals allow impulses to be transmitted to another area; therefore all behaviours are influenced by neurotransmitters. There is also the influence of the amygdala‚ which controls the emotional responses‚ the hypothalamus‚ which coordinates both the autonomic nervous system and the activity of the pituitary and the frontal cortex. Normal levels
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