PSYCH 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stanford Prison Experiment
27 Sep 2021
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Key factors that affect rates of conformity. Private response versus disclosure to the group. Implicit or explicit rules that a group has for the acceptable behaviors, values, and beliefs of its members. Descriptive norms: our perceptions of what other people do injunctive norms: our perceptions of what other people would approve or disapprove of. Autokinetic effect: if you stare at a bright light in an otherwise dark environment, the light will appear to move. Participants informed about an advanced perception experiment. Participants asked to say out loud their estimates of how far the light moved. Then, a few days later, participants invited back to the study in groups of 3. Norms and littering behavior (reno et al. A confederate approaches participants as they walk toward their cars in a parking lot. The confederate engages in one of the three behaviors: Confederate engaged in one of these behaviors in a parking lot that was either:
