Social Flashcards
Main assumption
Our behaviour is determined by who were are around and how we deal with situations and how humans interact with one another
- can only understand individuals in the context of their interactions with and their perceptions of others
Two examples,es
Milgram 40 males split into 2 groups Yale uni Obedience Everyone went up to 300 out of the 450 labelled deadly Prods given by instructed in a lab coat
Piliavin
4450 participants on the nyc undergound were targeted by a group of males who were dressed as either a drunk man with a bottle or an old man with a cane
They would fall over and then two observers would record down who helped; gender and race
60% of helpers were white and there was a tendency for same race help
90% of helpers were male
Females would say ‘it’s a males job to help’
Bystander effect was not apparent in fact the larger the group the more help
The cane victim was helped the most – piliavin explains this with the arousal: cost reward model
Two strengths
Two weaknesses
+useful
+high ev
-ethics
-reductionist
