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    Summary In 1965‚ Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment which mainly focused on the severity of the electric shock that a person would be willing to administer to another person based on the directions that were given by an authority figure (Milgram‚ 1965). The researchers who were apart of this study expected anyone who participated would go beyond 150 volts shock point. The “victim” stated they no longer wanted to participate in the experiment. In 1965‚ Milgram reported that this study had

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    are Tim Asche and John Marshall. In this essay‚ I will discuss the differences and similarities between Tim Asch and John Marshall and how they approach issues of reality‚ objectivity‚ truth and fiction of a culture. In ethnographic film history‚ there was a turning point in which anthropologists started to examine deeper into the representation of a culture‚ this turning point was Tim Asch. In Asch’s work‚ he brings to the forefront the idea of the impossibility of being and objective viewer. This

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    Social Pressure” In “Opinions and Social Pressure‚” social psychologist Solomon Asch conducted a study to discover the influences a majority may have on individuals. Solomon Asch discovered a vast amount of people conformed under group pressure‚ as well as discovered others may also go against the unanimous majority. Like many of his colleagues‚ Solomon Asch wanted to find how group pressure effected individuals (176). Asch wanted to discover the reach on which social forces played on people’s decisions

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    or rebellion among his followers. Research showed that the presence of a "disobedient" partner greatly reduced the extent o which most subjects in the Milgram situation (1965) obeyed the instructions to shock the person designated the "learner." Similarly‚ by including just one confederate who expressed an opinion different from the majority’s‚ Asch (1955) showed that the subject would also agree far less‚ even when the "other dissenters" judgment was also incorrect and differed from the subjects

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    Hypervisibility- Human Morality versus Conformity Through movies‚ TV shows‚ and the news‚ the media portrays the human race as compassionate‚ altruistic‚ and always good. Even the heroes who are considered “bad boys” end up making the right decisions when it comes down to a final decision of selfish needs versus heroism. Disney is especially pivotal in the spreading of the belief that people are inherently good among children‚ who grow up with this seemingly harmless belief. One such film is

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    STRESS (chapter 12) 1 What are Corticosteroids and what is their function? Stress hormone that activates the body and prepares us to respond to stressful circumstance 2 What is the Hassles Scale (Folkman & Lazarus)? With what outcomes is it associated? The Hassles Scale measures how stressful events‚ ranging from small annoyances to major daily pressures‚ impact our adjustment. 3 Who is Hans Selye? What is the General Adaptation Syndrome and what happens at each stage? What is the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal

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    authority‚ such as a teacher or doctor an individual will think they know more than them so agree even if in doubt (Conformity: Solomon Asch’s study of informational vs. Normative conformity - video & lesson transcript‚ 2003). An example is the Solomon Asch experiment (1958) where he studied conformity.

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    In 1949 and 1954 social psychologist Muzafer Sherif collaborated with graduate student to hold a series of experiments to test one of doctor Sherifs ideas know as the realist conflict theory. This theory has to do with in group conflict‚ stereotyping and prejudices. The most famous of and significant of his experiments was at Robbers Cave national park in 1954. Doctor Sherifs main idea was that conflict arises between groups when they are competing for limited resources. His experiment involved

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    Primacy Effect is a cognitive bias that results from disproportionate salience of initial stimuli or observations. It is the tendency to remember well the first items‚ that will influence us more than the later information will. According to Solomon Asch (1946)‚ “a glance‚ a few spoken words are sufficient to tell us a story about a highly complex matter” (pg. 258). Therefore‚ we often make our judgment of the person right from the first impressions. For example‚ if someone makes a good first impression

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    Assignment 2 July 23‚ 2011 In the 1950′s a psychology professor‚ Solomon Asch‚ conducted a study too see if the power of Group Dynamics would affect the decision of an individual. In the Asch Paradigm‚ a group of people was told to identify which line was the longest‚ shortest or the same as a reference line. Before the participant could answer‚ he had to listen to the responses of 5 or 7 actors‚ and sometimes as many as 15 actors. The actors were told in advance

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