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1.Social Psychology Flashcards

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What was the aim of milgrims study

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To investigate why people act a certain way under authority

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How many volunteers were in the milgrims study

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40

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What was the procedure milgrim

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Ppts were introduced to confederate
Ppts are told that they would randomly be given role of teacher or student
Ppts are always teachers
Learner are made to learn word pair and if gotten wrong would be shock and increase every time They got it wrong

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What were the prod 1

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Prod 1 : please continue

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What was prod 2

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The experiment requires that to continue

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What was prod 3

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It is absolutely essential that you continue

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What was prod 4

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You have no other choice but to continue

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What was the shock range of milgrim

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15v to 450v

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What were the findings of milgrims experiments

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65% reached 450v
All reached 300v showing that people could obey to harm other under authority

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What was the strength of milgrim

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Burger study
As the results are shown in another study 70% of people in burgers study gave the maximum 150v shock showing that milgrims experiment is valid and repeatable

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What is the weakness of milgrims study

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Low mundane realism
As the consequences for getting a word pair wrong as getting a shock is to intense and not realistic for example If a student forget to do their homework they wouldn’t get shocked showing how the study may not apply to real life situations

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What was the aim of burger study

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To see if milgrims results would reoccur in a new era and to see if desire for control and empathy have an influence on obedience

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What the burger do differently to milgrim

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He screened out people the found the experiment distressing , people that study psychology in college , people that had anxiety and depression
He reduced the voltage range to 15v to 150v

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How many participants were there in burgers study

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70 partipants ( 29M/41F)

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What was the procedure for burger

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Ppts were introduced to confederate
Ppts told verbally they could leave at any time
Ppts and confederates sign consent forms
Ppts would give shocks when learner got word pair wrong
There played prerecorded sounds after 75v and 150v was delivered
Prods were also given to cause ppts to continue

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What was 75v prerecording

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Audible grunts of pain

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What was the 150v recording

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My heart is starting to bother me now I refuse to go in let me out

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What were the findings burger

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70% of ppts went to continue after 150 volts showing that the milgrims experiment wasn’t era bound

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How was internal validity a strength for burger

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Burger excluded people that already knew about the milgrims experiment and those who took psychology ensures that everyone involved had no idea of the study
Showing the burger isn’t based on how good people can remember or understand the milgrims study but how obedience causes people to act

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What was the aim of sherif study

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To investigate if prejudice would increase due to competition

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How many ppts in sherif

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24 12 year old boys split into two groups

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What was stage 1 of the sherif study

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Team building
Boys are split into 2 groups
Developed and identity
Swim camped and made flags together
Name their groups eagles and rattlers

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What was stage 2

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Intergroup competition
Boys were informed about each others groups
Wanted to compete against each other
Played games like baseball tug of war
Got rewards such as pucket knives

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How was prejudice behaviour show

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Burning each others flags
Your not eagles ur pigeons

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What was stage 3 of sherif

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Cooperation
Researchers want to ease the tension between groups by making them watch movies together and eat together but prejudice didn’t decrease
But only decrease when they had to work together fixing water tanks and tug of war against a truck

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What was the findings sherif study

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Boys rated in group 76.8
And out group 23.2

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What is the tajfel study

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Tajfel study shows almost all the boys picked giving their group 7 points and giving out group 1 point maximising the difference regardless of if they would have gotten more points with the other option.
Both group told that they were based on the preference of abstract painting.
There was no competition however prejudice still increased

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Decribe the blass

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Average obedience in countries was 65.94 compared to the US replications 60.94 countries varied in collectivism and individualism and obedience was similar showing obedience is universal culture doesn’t have much of an effect

29
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Decribe the schurz

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Austrian ppts give painful doses of ultrasound to female students participants that were obedient didn’t significantly differ from ppts that resisted in terms of there scores on a questionnaire of measuring locus of control

30
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How many rescuers were in the Oliver Oliver study

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406 rescuers

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How many people simply followed orders

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126 simply followed

32
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Decribe the Oliner Oliner

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Found that 406 rescuers who resisted orders were more likely to have a high locus of control in comparison to the 126 people who had simply followed orders.
High internal locus of control makes individuals less likely to follow orders

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Describe the cohrs et al

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Opportunity sample of 193 people that were German able bodied heterosexual and German nationals
Ppts did a questionnaire measuring RWA and prejudice about attudes towards homosexuality, foreigners and ppl with disabilities
Showing correlation between Authoritarian personality and prejudice

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What did giligan suggest

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Men and women differed in terms of their concerns men were more preoccupied with fairness whereas women were more concerned with care avoiding harm and exploitation prioritising relationships rather than rules and principles

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Describe sedikes and Jackson

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Bronx zoo
Told to stop leaning on railings
Man in unform told them to stop 58% obeyed and another man with a normal shirt 35%obeyed
224 unsuspecting visitors

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How else was the sedidkes Jackson measured

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Varied in in group size
Found that smaller groups are more likely to comply

37
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What was the percentage of Kilburn and dolinski

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Dolinski had 90% obedience and 68% higher power distance

Kilham 28% obedience and power distance if 36%

38
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What does agency theory suggest

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Legitimacy of authority will always be rhe cause of obedience

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