Social Behaviour - Obediencee and Compliance

Question 1

What is Milligram’s experiment of Obedience to Authority?

Answer 1

Milligram: Normal people gave supposedly fatal electric shocks to other participants, demonstrating individuals’ obedience to authority.

Question 2

Law of social impact : what factors affect obedience?

Answer 2

1)Number - group disobedience (more likely to disobey if there are others to support your decision)

2)Legitimacy - someone in
uniform or in a senior position.

3)Immediency - if they are in the same room

Question 3

Division of impact : when does bystander apathy occur?

Answer 3

Bystander appathy occurs when people feel the ability to shun responsibility

Question 4

Name 3 non social factors that would affect someone helping in an emergency

Answer 4

1) ambiguity of the situation
2) Personality
3) Assessed level of peronal threat

Question 5

Name 3 social factors that determine whether someone helps in an emergency

Answer 5

1) Social definition (others are not responding so there is no emergency)
2) Diffusion of responsibility (in a group, responsibility can be transferred to the next person)
3) Audience inhibition (feel self consious/have a fear of looking foolish)