PSYC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Social Influence, Somniloquy

• School: Brock University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1F90
• Professor: Kathryn Belicki

Document Summary

Lecture 4 examples of the effects of social influence and social cognition and sleep & dreams. Examples of the effects of social influence and social cognition. Case example: it happened once in a psyc 1f90 lecture that smoke started coming in under the doors at the front of the lecture hall. Because the smoke was behind the professor, the class noticed it before she did. Occurred in new york city in a middle class community. Kitty was walking into her apartment complex, when she was stabbed and by a man. A neighbour witnessed the crime and yelled at the man to stop hurting kitty. The man ran away and the neighbour went back inside and did not call the police. The man returns and continues to stab kitty to death. There was an estimated 38 witnesses to the crime. It took approximately 35 min before anyone called the police.