PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Milgram Experiment, Observational Learning, Scapegoating

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

Document Summary

High status of authority figure: person seems powerful, in control. Belief authority is responsible for their action: person seems in the know and knows what"s happening and the person won"t put someone in danger and risk someone else"s life. Absence of clear-cut point to switch to disobedience: person who was electrocuting someone else could not opt out and think about what was actually happening. Getting people to comply to small requests, and you will be more likely to have them comply to greater requests later. Went house to house and ask people to put a sign on the lawn that said: People said no because they didn"t want to be singled out: of town: Went house to house and asked to put a sticker on their licence plate with the same thing. 2nd time went house to house and agreed to the larger request after the initial smaller request.