PSYC 1010 Lecture 15: Pscyh1010-Lecture15Chapter13Part1

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Over the individual him. herself in terms of her own percentiles very important factor in trying to understand the behaviour. Without you understanding or knowing, there are these invisible threads that govern our behaviour that we take for granted. About the presence of others, other people exert such an important influence. The applied presence of others, which is understood within the realm of psychology. How we are affected by the actual, or implied presence of others. We are very social creatures and we are affected by others and the social pressures can make people do things that are extremely self destructive. How social pressures can exert significant influence on behaviour (e. g cults) This is all happening in the basement of a university department. Randomly assigned to role of guard or prisoner. Prisoners: stayed in mock prison 24 hours a day and wore degrading uniform - they stayed in the mock prison 24 hours a day and were given degrading uniforms.