PSY 1102 Study Guide - September 11 Attacks, Twin Study, Watergate Scandal

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: all

Document Summary

Suggestibility is a subtle type of conformity, adjusting our behavior or thinking toward some group standard. An influence resulting from one"s willingness to accept others" opinions about reality. Normative social influence: influence resulting from a person"s desire to gain approval or avoid rejection. A person may respect normative behavior because there may be a severe price to pay if not respected. Informational social influence: the group may provide valuable information but stubborn people will never listen to others. Stanly milgram designed a study to have people participate in an experiment; a learner or a teacher. Learners= knew what was going on, teachers= the experiment . (the effects of punishment on learning) 70% continued to obey delivering the shock anyways; more likely to follow through with legitimate authority and were closeby ,if victim was depersonalized in another room. Suggests under certain circumstances certain people follow through; 1/3 did not follow through. 1/3 of the individuals in milgram"s study avoided social corruption.