The Theory Of Obedience The purpose of this essay is to describe and evaluate Milgram ’s theory on obedience. The essay will outline the theory‚ the famous experiment‚ the findings from the experiment‚ and the subsequent studies that have strengthened and weakened the plausibility of the theory. What is the Theory Of Obedience? Milgram (1974) stated: ’A substantial proportion of people do what they are told to do‚ irrespective of the content of the act and without limitations of conscience
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am an introvert‚ so this group process was going to be challenging for me. I am socially selective and have a hard time opening up to people. However‚ I can help anyone with their issues and feel comfortable in that moment. Counseling has always been one of my passion. I do not feel that my selective and private personality will hinder me from being an awesome counselor. During my group counseling class‚ the instructor divided the class in half and provided us with a group scenario. The scenario entailed
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individual’s change when s/he is part of a group? Humans by nature are social creatures‚ therefore must have social behaviours‚ this suggests that individuals instinctively desire to be part of a group (Davis and Witte 1996). This contributed to the large amount of research and interest in the area of group behaviour. However there are difficulties in defining what exactly a group is. Definitions vary because of different ideas of what the purpose and nature of a group may have (Johnson and Johnson 2000)
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Obedience to Authority No human social organization can function without some degree of obedience to authority‚ as the alternative would be anarchy leading to total chaos. Hence we find some sort of a hierarchy in both the most underdeveloped and the most civilized societies where certain individuals exercise authority over others. Almost everyone will agree that some degree of authority in certain individuals or groups (and their obedience by other groups) is desirable for the proper
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UNIT 1 Social Psychology Name _________________________Contents Introduction - course outline 3 Social Approach 5 Obedience Milgram Agency Theory Ethical Issues Meuss and Raaijmakers Hofling 7 7 10 12 13 17 Prejudice Social Identity Theory Sherif’s study of prejudice 20 20 22 Key Issue – social approach 26 How Science Works – social approach Social surveys Sampling techniques 28 28 31 Practical – social approach 35
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topic of social conformity among adolescents. A. Related Literature (Foreign) Adolescent’s social conformity can be described as the influence exerted by a peer group in encouraging a person to change his or her attitudes‚ values‚ or behaviors to conform to the group. A person affected by conformity may or may not want to belong to these groups. They may also recognize dissociative groups that they do not wish to belong to‚ and therefore adopt behaviors in opposition to those of the group (Adams
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The group therapy tools is one of the means to ensure that there is alcoholic abstinence‚ where the first step is to focus on the behavior that trigger the alcoholism‚ and how consuming alcohols have affected one’s life. The group members are all allowed to share the story as they desire‚ and identify the desired change in behavior. It is easier to make progress when there is no resistance to change‚ and the group members list down their fears‚ and how their beliefs influence their actions. The
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Social psychology Social psychology – Lecture 3 – 5/2/2013 Research methods Selection of participants Representative sample Sampling method Representative sample The sample is the group of people the researcher has chosen to examine The population is the group of people the researcher wishes to understand The sample should be similar to the population you wish to understand – the sample taken from a small bit of country Sampling method A random sample enables each person in the
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Why do People conform? (Explanation for conformity) * INFORMATIONAL INFLUENCES because they lack information or do not know the answer. People assume that others probably know more than they do. This may apply to the Jenness and shrif study. * NORMATIVE INFLUENCES people want to be accepted as part of the group‚ don’t want to be different. This may apply to the Asch studies. Jenness (1932) was the first psychologist to study conformity. His experiment was an ambiguous situation
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Asch‚ Solomon. “Opinions and Social Pressure.” Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Columbus‚ OH: Pearson‚ 2013. Print. 655-659. According to the article “Opinions and Social Pressure”‚ Solomon Asch writes about how the affects of group pressure can alter a person’s decision. During the investigation‚ Asch describes how everyone in the group agrees with the answer that they have chosen except for one in which the author calls him the “dissenter (Asch 656)”. Solomon Asch stated that the
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