Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Recreational Drug Use, Group Dynamics, Social Proof

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Erin Herrey

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I don"t regard it as an experiment or a stimulation because it was a prison run by psychologists instead of run by the state. I began to feel that that identity, the person that i was that had decided to go to prison was distant from me was remote until finally i wasn"t that, i was 416. What is conformity: conformity refers to change in behavior resulting from the real or imagined influence of other people, cross-species, not inherently good or bad , two main reasons for conforming, informational social influence, normative social influence. It is a thing that people do, and other animals do this as well. Passengers found white-powder [a substance] on a bus. Passengers assumed that this white power on the bus caused them to throw-up. However, scientists concluded that nothing on the bus was harmful. The white powder may have triggered/caused others to be sick. Strength: how important the group of people is to you.