Outcome 3 Factors that may reduce prejudice Prejudice means holding (usually) a negative attitude towards the members of a group based solely on their membership of that group. Two examples of prejudice behavior are: -Having a negative attitude towards somebody just because they drive a truck. -Having a negative attitude towards the elderly. A stereotype is a belief about people who belong to a certain group‚ regardless of individual differences among members of that group. Stereotypes
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DD307 - TMA 01 Outline and assess the use of experiments in social psychology drawing on the cognitive social perspective and one of the other three perspectives in the module (discursive psychological‚ phenomenological or social psychoanalytic). This essay will provide a description of the experimental method for both the cognitive social perspective and social psychoanalytic perspective. A compare and contrast will be given for the two perspectives in a critical evaluation as an approach
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a desire to be correct and certain. A study conducted on conformity was by Asch in 1951 to see if participants would conform to majority social influence and give incorrect answers in a blatantly obvious scenario‚ in a situation where all but one of the ’participants’ were confederates. The participants were shown a vertical line and were asked to call out which other 3 lines was the same as the first line. Asch found that 74% of participants conformed at least once to the unanimous incorrect
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In this article "The Pearls of Obedience"‚ Stanley Milgram asserts that obedience to authority is a common response for many people in today’s society‚ often diminishing an individuals beliefs or ideals. Stanley Milgram designs an experiment to understand how strong a person’s tendency to obey authority is‚ even though it is amoral or destructive. Stanley Milgram bases his experiment on three people: a learner‚ teacher‚ and experimenter. The experimenter is simply an overseer of the experiment
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opinions in a story. In “Our Thirteenth Summer”‚ Callaghan uses setting to explore ideas about cultural and personal identity. The struggle of cultural identity is personified by the two Jewish families; the Reeds who deny their Jewish heritage and the Aschs who are openly Jewish. It is established early that this story takes place a few years after World War II. Jewish individuals were targeted by the Nazis and faced heavy persecution during the war which justify both families outlook on their identity
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transportation which could result in injuries. A Previous study shows that common courtesy on public transit seems unlikely which is shown in the following experiment; unless those in need request for it. An experiment done in 1975 by Dr. Stanley Milgram concluded that 68% of people willingly gave up their seat when asked. The other 22% either refused or automatically assumed something was wrong with the person and asked if they were "okay". This shows that many people are unwilling to give up their
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those who follow a leader “How far would you go for them?”. This question has been answered many times by not only the people in these situations‚ like those in Democratic Kampuchea (Pina et al.‚ 2010‚ p. 291)‚ but also scientists like Stanley Milgram (Milgram‚ 1965‚ p. 59). These assurances are important to study to be able to understand the psychological effects that these types of relationships have. The first thing that will be examined is Stanley Milgram’s original experiment. Milgram’s experiment
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psychology by the name of Stanley Milgram‚ he created this experiment on how being in the presents of an authority figures would affect the way people behaved. This study was conducted in July 1969‚ just one year after the trial of Eichmann in Jerusalem. Milgram developed this experiment to answer the question "Could it be that Eichmann and his millions of accomplices in the Holocaust were just following orders? Could we call them all accomplices?" (The Milgram Experiment by Saul McLeod published
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’Masterchef Sparks Coles Sales Surge ’. The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/masterchefsparkscolessalessurge/storye6frg Vogel‚ Amanda. 2009. ’Weighing In On The Biggest Loser ’. Www.Ideafit.Com. Sherif‚ Muzafer‚ Carolyn W. Sherif. 1967. ’Attitude‚ Ego Involvement‚ and Change ’. New York: Greenwald‚ A. G. and C. Leavitt (1984)‚ "Audience Involvement in Advertising: Four Levels‚" Journal of Consumer Research‚ 11 (June)‚ 58192. (G. Green Wald 1984) G. Green Wald
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norms and make them their own. Another study into conformity would be from Asch (1951). The aim of the study was to see if people would conform even if they knew the majority was wrong. Asch placed card on a table - one with the standard line and the other with comparison lines. Pps then were asked to state which of the comparison lines was the same as the standard. The conferederates were then to say the wrong answer. Asch concluded from this study that the pps behaviour was a case of public compliance
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