social psychology Flashcards
what is unthinking obedience?
thinking of yourself as part of a role youre obliged to comply to.
what was the Burger 2009 experiment?
observed if people would go over 150v on a person (was fake) to see the extent people would go to until they stopped
what did Burger conclude in his 2009 experiment?
if people went over 150v they were likely to continue till 450v
what did slater at al 2006 study consist of?
teachers reactions to people being hurt in VR
in slater et al 2006 what mesaure was recorded from the teachers?
skin conductance levels
what experiment did Gonzalez-Franco et al 2018 carry out? and what was found
used vr and control to measure emphasis on correct answers, found teahers put greater emphasis on correct answer to help participant get the correct answer
what did Gonzalez- Franco et al 2018 experiment suggest?
suggests even when partipants continue they think if the fate of learner and seek to help
what did Hofling et al 1966 do? and what were the results?
got the doctor to tell nurses to give a higher dosage of meds against hospital guidelines
what were the results of the hofling et al 1966 experiment?
21/22 listened to doctor to give higher dosage, however 21/21 stated they would refuse to do so if asked
what is social psychology according to Allport 1924?
is an individual psychology applied to the more complex stimulus conditions on the social environment
what does all port suggest about groups
people do not work individually, they work and act based upon how others around them act, indivduals seen as a form of stimuli as you act differentley in a group
what was sherifs 1935 aim?
to see how conformity to group norms can evolve through different influences
how did sherif 1935 carry out the group influence experiment?
- used auto kinetic effect,
- subjects asked to judge how fara light moved to see how judgement changed with other people in the room
- first judgement was alone, later in group
what were the results in Sherif’s 1935 experiment
a group norm was developed, gave answers close to group norm rather than individual answers.
what were sherif’s conclusions
- people use other peoples judgements for validation in being correct, (social influence)
- people unaware of being influenced
- continuted to use it when alone
what did Asch want to further investigate from Sherif’s research?
to show if objective was ascertainable nobody would submit influence
how was Asch’s experiment carried out and what were the findings?
-line judgement task
- answers given in advance from participants
- on 6 trials participants gave correct answer
- on 12 trials they all gave the same and wrong answer
what was the overall error rate for Aschs findings? (the measure of influence)
37 percent
what perentage of people did not make any errors in Asch’s experiment?
25 percent
what was Deustch and Gerrard 1955 Dual process theory?
that people conform for 2 reasons:
- the informational social influence
- the normative social influence
what is the informative influence?
-reflects need for info about reality
-subjective uncertainty/lack fo confidence, aims to get a shared understanding
-private acceptance, continue to conform with group norm/influence
-assumed to occur in Sherif’s study
what is the normative influence?
-through desire to be liked and accepted, fear of rejection or standing out
-occurs when group has awards, creates need for approval through fear of being diff.
-public compliance, not private acceptance
- shown in Aschs study
what did Turner 1991 do in contemp, research
-groups are important in self definition, you identify with groups who share a connection.
-agreement in mutual connection leads to confidence, disagreement leads to uncertainty
what was the Platow et al 2005 study?
- watched a comedic show to hear others laughter to see the impact on individuals behaviour
- recorded laughter
- aimed to see how other peoples feelings/emotions can affect others to feel the same way around social influence
