PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Peer Pressure, Binge Drinking, Field Experiment
29 Jan 2017
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Three powerful social norms: norm of reciprocity, norm of commitment, norm of obedience. What technique is being used here? (video was played seinfeld) Why do you think people feel compelled to stick to their agreements even when the terms have changed: the changes may be blamed on an outsider. Norm of obedience to authority: the shared view that people should obey those with legitimate authority. Is so(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es e(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:272)ed (cid:894)(cid:862) top o(cid:396) i(cid:859)ll shoot! (cid:863)(cid:895) But most often, is motivated by private feelings that legitimate authority should be obeyed. O(cid:271)(cid:448)iousl(cid:455), people do(cid:374)(cid:859)t al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s o(cid:271)e(cid:455) the (cid:396)e(cid:395)uests of othe(cid:396)s. What conditions have to be in place for people to follow the orders of another: video provides the answers. Authority figure convinced many people to do silly things, whereas when he was out of uniform many of these people would not comply. I. e. watch over a criminal, zap him when he moved.
