1. If you were the experimenter in charge‚ would you have done this study? Would you have terminated it earlier? Would you have conducted a follow-up study? Why or why not? If I were the experimenter in charge‚ I would not have done this study. While the initial question posed in both cases is intriguing‚ (if given specific orders‚ would a person follow them when under normal circumstances they would not) it is not a humane experiment. All of the people in this study could have potential lasting
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The authors of the book Influencer believe there are six key components to changing the individuals within an organization. When you are able to change individuals‚ you are then able to go forward and influence the entire culture of an organization in the direction you desire. In this paper I am going to focus on two of the six sources of change‚ social motivation and social ability. I will explain the idea behind both each in regards to being useful to initiate change and why the authors feel they
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AP Psychology Chapter 13 Study Guide COOPERATION AND COMPETITION 1. What is altruistic behavior? What factors promote it? 2. Describe social loafing. When is it likely to occur? When is it not as likely to occur? 3. What is the prisoner’s dilemma? What do psychologists use it for? What has it shown about cooperation and competition? 4. What role does culture play in promoting the transmission of cooperative behaviors? 5. What factors relate to bystander helpfulness or apathy? What is
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Obedience to Authority Example in Real Life of Obedience to Authority Millions of people were killed in Nazi Germany in concentration camps but Hitler couldn’t have killed them all‚ nor could a handful of people. What made all those people follow the orders they were given? Were they afraid‚ or was there something in their personality that made them like that? In order to obey authority‚ the obeying person has to accept that it is legitimate for the command to be made of them. Obedience is a
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Sonali Singh Psychology 2210 March 28‚ 2015 Test 2: Multiple Choice Questions 1. People from independent cultures are most likely to experience dissonance in situations when they are making decisions for ____________‚ while people from interdependent cultures are likely to experience dissonance when making decisions for ____________. a. their friends; themselves b. themselves; their friends c. the future; the present d. the present; the future Answer: b 2. A change in behavior or belief as a result
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Free Will vs. Peer Pressure “Opinions and Social Pressure” was a study by Solomon Asch which looked into the relationship between intellectual judgements and social pressure. How does our nonconformity within a group affect our judgements as individuals? Asch attempted to answer the question by conducting a series of experiments. In these experiments‚ the subject was placed in a group‚ the members of which were shown a linesegment‚ they
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How do we perceive ourselves? Are we attractive? Capable? Consistent ? Responsible ? Actually‚ most people seem to have positive views of themselves. In reality‚ perceiving ourselves is one of the important things to cognize our attitudes through observing our behavior. This essay aims to point out how to observe our positive self perception and prove the statement that we are not rational in perceiving ourselves through different behaviours such as attractiveness‚ self-serving biases‚ group polarization
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The Stanford Prison Experiment‚ conducted by Philip G. Zimbardo‚ was performed to see the process that takes place where guards and prisoners "learn" to become authoritarian guards and compliant prisoners. (Zimbardo‚ 732). The prisoners and guards had many burdens of disobedience. In the beginning of the experiment‚ the "prisoners" were stripped of everything and emotionally torn down for being "disobedient". They were dehumanized in every way. They couldn’t speak to another unless they called
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The Stanford Prison Experiment Throughout all of history‚ psychological experiments have created controversy throughout the world. A specific example of this argument would be what came from the Stanford Prison Experiment in 1971. This experiment tested whether brutality shown by prison guards was due to sadistic personalities or the environment of the prison (McLeod‚ 2008). This experiment is known for its ethical issues displayed towards the men who were involved in the study. Although this experiment
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Introduction According to the Cambridge dictionary‚ conformity is a behaviour that follows the usual standards that are expected by a group or society. Conformity is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behaviour in order to fit in with a group (McLeod‚ 2008). Taken from a social psychology textbook‚ conformity is the term used for the convergence of individuals’ thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviour towards a group’s norms (Mackie & Smith‚ 2007). From the three definitions above
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