PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Fundamental Attribution Error, Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Kurt Lewin

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Steve Spencer

Document Summary

Kurt lewin: two classic statements, behaviour is a function of the person and the situation. Think about the power of a situation (they create behaviour: there is nothing quite so practical as a good theory. People who are concerned about the real world need to respect people who develop theories. People who develop theories need to apply them to the real world. Conformity and obedience: sherif norm formation study. Put people into a dark room, and put a white light on the wall. This makes it look like the light is moving (because your eyes move as part of you vision) Sherif asked if the light moved, most people said that it did. He then added several people into the room, people then converge on an answer. This was like forming a norm come to a consensus on what is happening, even though it is not true.