PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Stanford Prison Experiment, Philip Zimbardo, American Psychologist
19 Apr 2019
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Rules and expectation for how to behave in various situations. What we know to be socially acceptable. Eg. what we wear to class (casual clothing) Eg. what people wear in downtown toronto (business clothing) Social norms instruct is how to react and not react in social situations. How to behave in the certain setting. Eg. how enter a class to sit down and learn. Applies across small group settings, large group settings, online environments. Eg. how to behave on linkedin (professional networking site - restricted norm) Eg. how to behave on facebook (intimate life - more leeway) Often stronger regulators of behaviour than formalized law or policies. The expectations that define a person"s behavior as a function of their status or position. Shared expectations on how people are supposed to behave. Eg. roles as a student, teacher, doctor, parent, gender. Some are situation-dependent (short-term), but many are stable and long-term.
