Social Psych Flashcards
Timeline of social psych
1875- 1st experimental psychology lab with William James
1890- ‘Principles of Psychology’ by William James
1883- Official lab, Hall, Hopkins
1895- Le Bon + Crowd Bhvr
Define LeBon’s ideas of crowd behaviour + deindividuation
Observed groups
Deindividiuation= the potential for an individual to lose his/ her sense of self-awareness and accountability when submerged in a group
Outline Triplett’s 1898 study on competition
Analysed records of competitive cycling events and showed that cyclists were quicker when racing other cyclists or when a group of riders was available as pacemakers, than when racing against a clock.
What was the quote by Kelman + Hamilton 1990
“Many of the greatest human atrocities have been described as ‘crimes of obedience’”
Define the banality of evil
When people conform passively and unthinkingly to both the instructions and the roles that authorities provide
Jetten * Hornsey 2011 statement on the banality of evil
Popular understanding that inevitably human succumb to the demands of authority however immoral the consequences
Cesrani 2004 suggested that Eichman, Hitler’s chief architect was a diligent and efficient beurocrat more concerned with following orders than with asking deep questions about their morality or consequences
= Tyranny is a natural inherent motivation to bend to the wishes of those in authority
Mandell 1998 presents that Eichman knew what he was doing, and took pride in his actions.
What was said to the guards of Zimbardos SPE ?
“You can create in the prisoners feelings of BOREDOM, a sense of FEAR to some degree, a notion of ARBITRARINESS that their life is TOTALLY CONTROLLED BY US, we’re going to take away their INDIVIDUALITY and lead to a sense of POWERLESSNESS”
Haslam + Reicher 2012
Conformity to those role-related scripts was the primary cause of guard brutality
Milgram’s study was less about obedience and more about making people…
Believe in what they are doing
Social identity
Tajfel + Turner 1928
- A substantial part of our sense of self is derived from those group memberships
Postman + Jetten 2006
- Sense of personal identity is derived from our social identities
Wat are the 7 consequences of transitioning from ‘others’ to ‘us’
With researchers
- communication (Morton, Postmess)
- trust (Hellwell, Platow)
- social connection (Hopkins)
- influence (Turner)
- organisation (Haslam)
- power/empowerment (Drury)
From the 7 consequences of transitioning from ‘others’ to ‘us’ what are the 8 implications on health and wellbeing?
With researchers
- Self Esteem (Jetten)
- control (Greenway)
- belonging (cruwys)
- social support (Hasslam)
- coping (Branscombe)
- resilience (Drury)
- purpose (Sani)
- meaning (Jutten)
What is the dark side of social identity?
Social identity today is under threat, e.gm stigma, racism, ageing, unemployment
• loss of identity is a major threat to wellbeing and health
What is self categorisation?
The groups we ascribed to ourselves
