PSY-8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Eyewitness Identification, Social Influence, Social Proof
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A change in behavior due to the real or imagined influence of other people. Grandmother doesn"t need to be present to have an affect on peoples responses if told to think of her. Conforming to others because they provide useful, accurate information to guide behavior. In a dark room, participants focused on a light 15 feet away estimated its movements. The light did not actually move, but due to an illusion, seems to move about 2-4 inches. Dates later, participants judged the light again. Gave answers out loud with other people. Conforming out of a genuine belief that they are right. People used the group estimate when they judged the lights again when alone . Eyewitness identification: picking suspects out of line-ups. High importance: real test of eyewitness identification ability, son to be use by police and courts, highest scorers would receive for accurate identification.
