Psych 2310 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I. ConformityII. ExperimentsIII. EthicsIV. Types of conformityOutline of Current Lecture I. EthicsII. More on the Milgram experimentIII. More on the Asch experimentIV. Personality factorsCurrent LectureI. Ethicsa. APA ethics code we talked about last classb. These rules have become more strictly enforced overtimec. Herd mentality and the dominance hierarchy are ways to explain the Lucifer affectd. People wouldn’t go along with these experiments today, they are more sophisticatedII. More on the Milgram experimenta. Did this really show evil disobedience like Milgram said? Maybe people were just confused and didn’t really the “learner” was really suffering.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.b. Factors that influenced studyi. Distance between teacher and learner. The closer they are the less likely they were to keep punishing them.ii. Distance and legitimacy of experimenter? The less legitament and farther away an experimenter is causes the teacher to disobey more.iii. Is the institution legitament? If not they are more likely to disobey.III. More on the Asch experimenta. Group sizei. Larger the group the more conformity there isb. Group unanimityi. If everyone agrees you are more likely to agree. One person disagreeing has an impact.c. Public reporting vs. private reportingi. People are more likely to disagree in privated. Having made a prior public commitment reduces conformityIV. Personality factors a. You are more likely to conform ifi. Trait of reactance reduces conformity (Stubborn, resist group forces)ii. Self monitoring reduces conformity (changing depending on who you are
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