PSYC 1030H Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Muzafer Sherif, Stanley Milgram, Narcissism
8 Mar 2019
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Social norms: rules about how we are supposed to act, enforced by threats of punishment if we violate them and promises of reward if we abide. People violate norms if others do it to. Social roles: positions that are regulated by norms about how people in those positions should behave. Certain traits increases obedience and willingness to inflict pain: hostility, narcissism, rigidity. If ordinary university students were randomly assigned to the roles of prisoners and guards: short time, prisoners became distressed and helpless emotionally and physically, some guards helped, some were tough but fair, others were sadistic. Obey because of the punishment (arrest, suspension) or the advantages: also to be socially accepted. Social cognition: social psych concerned with social influences of thought, memory, perception, and beliefs. Belief about people, groups, ideas, or activities: some explicit: aware of them and shape conscious decisions, some implicit: unaware, influence our behaviour in ways we don"t recognize.
