Psych 2310 1st Edition Lecture 7 Outline of Last Lecture I. Additions to last lectureII. Cognitive DissonanceIII. Intrinsic Motivation Outline of Current Lecture I. ConformityII. ExperimentsIII. EthicsIV. Types of conformityCurrent LectureI. Conformitya. A change in behavior or belief as a result of a real or imaged group pressureb. Norm= Consensually shared standard for correct or appropriate behaviorc. How do norms form?II. Experimentsa. Sherif’s study.i. Used a phenomenon (autokinetic phenomenon) where it appears that a light is moving but it really isn’t and asked people how much they thoughtit moved. People who answered in a group tended to converge their answers to a similar number because they really didn’t know the answer.b. Asch’s studyi. Used an obvious test of which line lengths matched up to show that people often conformed to what others in the group were saying even though they previously thought they knew the answer.1. Was it ethical? Yesc. Milgram’s experimenti. Had subjects administer shocks to other people who they believed were other subjects if they answered memory questions wrong. It was obvious the bigger the shocks got the more pain these people felt. This showed that normal people could be made to do terrible things in certain settings.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.III. Ethicsa. You are told you can quit at anytimeb. Subject gives voluntary consent to participatec. Experimenter stops the experiment if it gets too dangerousd. Protects subject from hazardse. Fully inform subject of study and risksf. Experiment must be constructed by quality, educated experimentersIV. Types of conformitya. Compliance= You act one way but still keep original beliefsb. Acceptance= You change your mind to agree with the conformityc. Normative influence= You conform to avoid disapprovald. Informational influence= You conform because you want to be right. You are being convinced that what you are conforming to is correct.e. Internalization= We take in the norm or behavior and make it our ownf. Obedience= Complying with an explicit
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