Social Psychology “Social Psychology’s great lesson is the enormous power of social influence. This influence can be seen in our conformity‚ our compliance‚ and our group behavior (Myers 680)”. Social influence relates to conformity and obedience‚ group influence‚ and ultimately‚ the power of individuals. “Social Psychologists explore these connections by scientifically studying how we think about‚ influence‚ and relate to one another (Myers 673)”. There are two kinds of social influence: Normative
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However‚ the social learning theory does not explain what triggers aggression. Additionally‚ the study emphasises nurture and learning through observation - ignoring nature and biological explanations. On the other hand‚ Zimbardo’s theory of Deindividuation suggests that aggressive behaviour occurs in groups as a person’s normal constraints become weakened
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guards in prisons. The prison environment creates the brutal behavioral demonstrated by guards as the subjects did not demonstrate aggressive tendencies before conducting the research (McLeaod‚ 2008). The researcher attributed the behaviors to deindividuation as the guards were immersed in the group norms and lost their sense of identity and responsibility. The guards behaved brutality as they believed it was the norm of the group and not personal responsibility. The uniform could have contributed
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hold for their interests‚ and modern society reveals how far people fight for their beliefs. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies illustrates that all humans naturally affiliate with others to satisfy their place in society‚ which often leads to deindividuation and harm to bystanders‚ even if they refuse to acknowledge their mistakes. Moreover‚ many communities still succumb to mob mentality in order to assimilate into society today. First‚
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Deinviduation and Attraction in Fight Club Fight Club is a complex movie in that the two main characters are just two sides of the same person. Edward Norton’s character is the prototypical conformist consumer working a morally questionable office job to feed his obsession with material possessions. He works as a recall coordinator for a “major car company” and applies a formula based on profitability‚ rather than safety‚ to determine the necessity of a recall. Though never explicitly stated‚ he
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“How Good People Turn Evil” Nothing is easier than to denounce the evil doer. Nothing is more difficult than understanding him. Dostoevsky Understanding is not excusing. Though it may help to prevent wrong acts against humanity in the future (may it?). The world was created with the potential of sin. Looking at the theological approach‚ Adam and Eve‚ when were put into the situation of seduction by the snake‚ started to be driven by evil
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Obedience is a form of social influence that occurs when a person yields to explicit instructions on orders from an authority figure. Obedience is compliance with commands given by an authority figure. In the 1960s‚ the social psychologist Stanley Milgram did a famous research study called the obedience study. It showed that people have a strong tendency to comply with authority figures. Milgram’s Obedience Study Milgram told his forty male volunteer research subjects that they were participating
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The script of the movie "Das Experiment" was written by Mario Giordano’s book "Black Box". The book is based on the real events that took place in 1971 and received the name of the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ organized by the American scientist Philip Zimbardo. The movie reflects many of the real events of the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ with the addition of the violent and sexual scenes in order to enhance the psychological effect on the audience. This experiment is a psychological research of
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Essay: a) Outline explanations of group display in humans (15 marks) b) Criticially evaluate one or more of your explanations of group display in humans (10 marks) Part A Group display of aggression (behaviour with intent to harm) in ancestors has been seen as an adaptive response‚ promoting inter-group harmony and mutual defence. Lynch mobs have been explained by social transition and the need for conformity‚ for example‚ Myrdal (1944) found that black lynchings in the USA were due to fear
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1. Tina attributes her poor performance on the quiz to her teacher’s inability to teach the material. However‚ she believes that other students who did not do well on the quiz failed because they did not study hard enough. Tina’s reasoning illustrates: a. the actor/observer discrepancy. b. the fundamental attribution error. c. self-fulfilling prophecy. d. ingroup favoritism. 2. Adriana was assigned to do a class project with Jim. Jim rarely spoke in class‚ and Adriana didn’t
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