into major influence was conducted by Asch (1956) participants in the study believed they were participating in a visual discrimination task. Groups consisted of one participant with the rest as confederates and were given four lines to compare‚ the ’X’ (standard line) was identical to one of either
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The power of social influence has been a subject of extensive research (Hogg‚ 1992). The notion that groups working towards a mutual goal perform better than independent individuals has been largely accepted not only by social psychologists but also by employers (Abrams‚ Wetherell‚ Cochrane‚ Hogg & Turner‚ 2001). Employers for example would often suggest team building exercises because they recognize the importance of group cohesiveness and entitattivity (Baron‚ Brainscombe‚ & Byrne‚ 2009). Group
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An Ethical Analysis of the Stanford Prison Experiment The Stanford Prison Experiment‚ although very fascinating and revealing of human nature‚ raises ethical questions regarding the methods used by Zimbardo and his research team. Although it is important from a research standpoint to be able to conduct experiments that will provide real‚ unmolested data‚ there must be a line that defines when research or an experiment becomes unethical‚ whether wholly or partially – research should not go on simply
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Cited: A Few Good Men. Director Rob Reiner. With Tom Cruise‚ Jack Nicolson‚ Demi Moore‚ Kevin Bacon‚ Kevin Pollack. Columbia Entertainment‚ 1992. Milgram‚ Stanley. “The Perils of Obedience.” Rosen‚ Behrens and Leonard. Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Second Edition New York: Pearson Learning‚ 2007. 358-370 Zimbardo‚ Phillip G. “The Stanford Prison Experiment” Rosen‚ Behrens and Leonard. Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Second Edition New York: Pearson Learning‚ 2007
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! ! ! ! ! AS PSYCHOLOGY UNIT 2 (PSYA2) ! SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Social Influence 2014-2015 ! ! ! ! ! ! Name: …………………………………………………… Unit 2 – Social Psychology – Social Influence Alton College (Updated Sept 2013) ! THE SPECIFICATION What you need to know: ! Social Influence • Conformity (majority influence) and explanations of why people conform‚ including informational social influence and normative social influence. • Types of conformity‚ including internalisation and compliance. • Obedience
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violate their own values‚ they will do so in order to maintain their own life and for the survival of their families. Scientists have performed experiments to prove human behavior under these circumstances‚ such as the ones conducted by Stanley Milgram and Solomon Asch. Stanley Milgram’s experiment was created to show how well people react when obeying the orders of authority. The subjects who ask the questions were the teachers‚ and the test subjects who had to answer were the learners. If the learner
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The Holocaust usually refers to Nazi Germany’s systematic genocide of various peoples during the Second World War‚ the main target of this designed massacre being the Jews. Approximately 6 million Jews became the victims of this fanatical racism‚ slaughter‚ and cruelty. However‚ in all this madness‚ there were still a few people with sound conscience and courage to act against these atrocities. The most famous of these heroes would be Oskar Schindler‚ the once opportunistic businessman who‚ later
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt‚ 2009. 167-95. Print. Milgram‚ Stanley. “The Perils of Obedience.” Current Issues and Enduring Questions. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford-St Martin’s‚ 2005. 883-95. Waller‚ James. "Explanatory Model of Extraordinary Human Evil." Perpetrators of Genocide: an Explanatory Model of Extraordinary Human Evil. 1st ed. Vol. 1. Spokane‚ WA: Gonzaga University Institute for Action Against Hate‚ 2002. 18-21. Print. Zimbardo‚ Phillip. “The Stanford Prison Experiment.” Writing and Reading
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Describing a study on conformity Conformity is a form of social influence which involves a change in a belief or behaviour in order to fit in with a particular group. This change is in response to real (involving the physical presence of others) or imagined (involving the pressure of social norms / expectations) group pressure. SHERIF Muzafer Sherif (1935) conducted a lab experiment study on conformity in 1935. Sherif conducted this study by putting participants in a dark room and told them
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experiments vary drastically‚ both have one grim outcome‚ that is that‚ "it is ordinary people‚ not psychopaths‚ who become the Eichmanns of history." The Stanford experiment was performed by psychologists Craig Haney‚ W. Curtis Banks‚ and Philip Zimbardo. Their goal was to find out if ordinary people could become abusive if given the power to do so. The results of the six day experiment are chilling. The experiment took ordinary college students and had some agree to be prisoners and the rest
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