psychology chapter 18 Flashcards
group characteristics
2 or more people with a common purpose
power characteristics
another will behave in the way the first person desires
reward power
ability to provided a desired response (REWARD)
coercive power
ability to provide an unpleasant response
information power
having knowledge that others desire
legitimate power
power is given by a higher authority and may be due to role or position
expert power
power is due to skills and depth of knowledge
referent power
ability of a leader to influence a follower
democratic leadership ex
NEGOCIATED with GROUP
authoritarian leadership ex
the leader made all the decisions and controlled the behaviour of the boys
laissez-faire
the leader took part in no proceedings
stanford iv
prisoner or guard
stanford dv
behaviours
stanford participants
24 participants
stanford criticisms
VIOLATION OF -
no harm principle
withdrawal rights
Stanford hypothesis
its predicted that the guards with power will use dominating power wheres prisoners will engage in more passive-resistant behaviour.
milgram aim
to discover whether participants would obey an authority figure and carry out actions that caused severe pain to another person
milgram method-participants
40 males participants ages 20-50, the teacher is experimented to see how far he is willing to give pain to the learner
milgram results
all 40 participants obeyed up to 300 volts
milgram ethical issues
no harm principle
withdrawal rights
deception
asch aim
to investigate the extent to which an individual within a group with conform to majority opinion
asch results
37/50 participants conformed on at least one occasion
asch conclusion -participants conformed for two main reasons ?
- participants wanted to feel that they belonged within the group.
- participants believed other participants were more informed than themselves.
meta - analysis
COMBINE results from MULTIPLE STUDIES to find a better conclusion
