Social Psyc Flashcards
What does the Stanford prison experiment show
Social roles - prisoners, guards
Social norms - subordination
Scripts - specific acts engaged by the guards and prisoners
Social influences
Conformity
Obedience
Group thinking
Group polarization
Social loafing
Conformity
The change in a persons behavior to go along with the group, even if they don’t agree with the group (ex Asch experiment)
The asch effect key take aways
The size of majority
The presence of another dissenter
The public or private nature of response
The change of an individuals behavior to comply with a demand by an authority figure
Obedience
Asch effect results
People were willing to ignore reality and give incorrect answer in order to conform to the rest of the group
Mildred’s obedience experience
Would people obey orders even if they believe doing so would harm another person? Yes they would
The modification of the opinions of members of a group to align with what they believe is the group consensus
Group thinking
The strengthening of an original group attitude after the discussion of the viewpoint
Group polarization
Involves a reduction in initial output tasks where contributions are pooled
Social loafing
