In this assignment I will be comparing and contrasting the terms conformity and obedience. I will also be answering the following questions: 1) Does research into conformity and obedience explain the horrors of war atrocities‚ such as The Holocaust‚ the Mi Lai Massacre in Vietnam or the abuse suffered by Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison? 2) Does research into independent behavior suggest these atrocities could be averted in future conflicts? Conformity is a form of social influence in which
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Psychology 101: Introduction to Psychology Chapter 14: Practice Questions 1. ______ is the process by which we come to form an understanding of our social environment. A) Social psychology B) Social perception C) Self-fulfilling prophecy D) Stereotyping E) Impression formation 2. Regarding impression formation‚ which of the following statements is FALSE? A) People tend to form first impressions quickly. B) Our impressions of others are influenced by the amount of information they choose
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good people can do bad things and where bad people can do good things. According to Philip Zimbardo‚ psychologist and a professor at Stanford University‚ the line between bad and good isn’t fixed but it is movable and
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social norms individuals will often adjust their behaviour closer to the perceived norm. The Asch (1951) experiment involved subjects performing a perception task saying which of a selection of lines matched a control line in length. The subjects were unaware that the other participants in the room were confederates. During the experiment confederates would give the same incorrect answer to the question. Asch found that no one conformed on all the critical trials‚ and 13 of the 50 participants (26 per
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The objective of this essay is to identify the meaning of social influence and to ascertain if personality plays a part in an individual’s decision to obey and conform to social norms. It will address how social influence is in regard to the study of how thoughts‚ feelings and behaviour of individuals are influenced by actual‚ imagined or implied presence of others (Allport‚ 1968). Research has shown that an individual’s personality is made up of a number of important characteristics and behaviours
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http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/dec/17/martinbright.theobserver Revealed: why evil lurks in us all Study shows that crude loyalty to our social group and blind obedience make tyranny possible anywhere Martin Bright‚ home affairs correspondent The Observer‚ Sunday 17 December 2000 Psychologists have struggled for decades to explain why ordinary people participate in atrocities such as the Nazi Holocaust or the Stalinist purges. Now experiments carried out in Britain reveal that most people
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cohesion and status. Solomon E. Asch conducted a study to test the theory of conformity. He displayed a set of different length lines to a group of students‚ and
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societies that tortured and killed their victims changed prior to their battle. 7 out of 10 societies that were less brutal did not change their appearance before battle. This shows the role of deindividualisation. Research from Zimbardo supports this idea. In Zimbardos study‚ the Stanford prison experiment. In this experiment‚ participants were randomly allocated to either a prisoner or guard. The guards were told to do what was needed to maintain order in the prison. They were both given uniforms
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Outline and evaluate social psychological theories of aggression Social Learning Theory Social Learning Theory is based on the fact that people learn from one another‚ via observation‚ imitation‚ and modeling. Social learning theory explains human behaviour in terms of continuous mutual interaction between cognitive‚ behavioral‚ and environmental influences. Outline of research: Bobo Doll experiment The Bobo doll experiment was conducted by Bandura and studied patterns of behaviour associated
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Outline a key issue for obedience‚ discuss by using theories/studies from obedience for what happened in Abu Ghraib The Abu Ghraib prison is a notorious prison in Iraq‚ located in Abu Ghraib‚ near Baghdad. US soldiers were told to abuse and humiliate the prisoners by their leaders; this included chaining them up‚ treating them like dogs‚ and sometimes sexually harassing them. In April 2004 the abuses at Abu Ghraib were exposed with photos and videos showing US soldiers abusing naked Iraqis. On the
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