social approahc Flashcards
describe the trwo main assumptions in social approahc
behaviour, cognition and emotions r influences by social contexts, social enviornemtnel and grps
bheaviour, cognition and emotions are influenced by the actual, implied or imagined presence of others
describe the psychology ebing ivnestigated in milgram
obedience - its the reuslt of social pressure wher one person listens to the order of another person who they perceive to be at a higer level of authority than themselves.
describe aim in milgram
to investigate the level of obedience when an authoirty figure orders a person to administer a physical ;punishement to a stranger
describe rm in milgram
obseration thru one way mirror
interviws
lab experiment
describe the dv in mlgram
the max shock the particiapnt was willing to do before refusing to conitnue. recorded from levels from 0 to 30 where level 30 was 450V
describe the sample in milgram
40 males, 20-50 yrs, from new haven and suurounding areas in USA, wide range of proefions
volunteer sampling
describe the learning task in milgram
when the learner has to memorize word pair associtaions. the aprticpants was needed to read a list of word pairs to the learner, they wud then read the first word in each word pair along with 4 possible options. the learner had to select and options by pressing a correspodingin switch infront of him which lit up one of 4 quadrantabove the shock generator
describe the preliminary run in milgram
particpants undertook a premilanry run of 10 trials in order to practise the procedure so it went smoothly. max shock here was 105V
state the 4 prods in milgram
prod 1 - please continue or please go on
prod 2 - the experiment requeires that u continue
prod 3 - it is absolutely essential that u continue
proud 4 - you have no other choice u must go on
describe the results in milgram with statistics
26/40 = fully obedient and went upto 450V
40/40 = went up to 300V and stopped when victim first pounded the wall
extreme tension, sweating, trembling
describe the 2 conclusions in milgram
particapntfs willing went against their own moral value and obeyed and uathority figure even tho it harms another person
following order to administer electric shock to another person cause alot of tension and emotional strain
give 4 reasons that milgram provided that he though obedience had occured in milgram et al
cuz of the presitgoue slocation - yale univeritty
sense of commitment to the experimenter
the partipants were paid, increasing the commitment
they were told the shocled arent dangeous
describe the psychology being investgiated in perry et al
interponsal distance (personal space)
empathy
social hormoes - oxytocin is a social hormone that acts a neutranmistter
describe the social salience hypothesis
it predicts that oxytocin increases attention to social cues, affecting how a person may process these cues and repsoond in diff depending social setting
describe the aim in perry
to investigate how oxcytocin affects preffered interposernol distance for those scoring high or low in emphathy traits
describe rm in perry
lam experiment
wt r the three IVs in expeirment 1 in perry
empathy level
whether they got oxytocin or placebo
whether the condition was a stranger, authority, freind or ball
wts the dv in in experiment 1 in perry and describe how it was measured
the prefered interpersonal distance of the particpant
meausred using the computerised version of Comfortbale interpersonal disstance paradigm (scale of 1-100)
wts the 3 IVs in experiment 2 in perry
empathy levels
wheter they got oxytociin or control
which condition it was, position of chiars vs positioning of table and plant
wt were the 2 DVs in experiment 2 in perry
mean average prefered distance between the two chairs
mean average prefered angle of the two chairs
