Expirements Flashcards
Asch conformity experiment
People were in a group where they had to match a line to another one which was the most similar. the test was to see if the individual would follow the groups choice which was clearly wrong
Milgram experiment
Somebody had to ask another person(apart of the expirement) questions and if they got the questions wrong they had to shock them. as they continued to het questjons wrong the person had to make the voltage higher. this test was to see what the person in-charge of the shock and voltage would do.
Zimbardo expirement
People were in charge of being inmates and people were in charge of being prison guards. The people incharge of the expirement didn’t tell the prison guards to do anything but, by themselevs, they became harsh and started to abuse the inmates. this was to see the powerful role that a situation can play on human behaviour
