PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Construals, List Of Sovereign States By Suicide Rate, External Validity
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How the presence of others affects the way we think, feel, & behave. Social situations can be real or imagined. Focuses on how social situations can influence the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of an individual. Focuses on how differences between individuals influence thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Focuses on behavior of communities and groups, not individuals. Situations can often determine behavior despite individual differences. Experiment described as a study of learning . Participants instructed to shock another participant for any wrong answers. The other participant is a confederate who never receives any real shocks. Shock level increased for each wrong answer. Shock levels ranged from 15 volts (slight shock) to 450 volts (danger: severe shock) During the experiment, the confederate begins to scream in pain and demand that the experiment end. Later, the confederate stops making any sounds, indicating he may be possibly injured or dead. The experimenter, wearing a white lab coat, instructs the participant to continue with the experiment.
