Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Typical Male, Psych, Murder Of Reena Virk

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Sarah Stanton

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If the other study rated themselves positively , participants also assessed themselves positively: not worried whether conformity is good or bad. Social psychologists are interested in why people conform. Bus driver started vomiting and asked other people on the bus if they were also feeling sick. Everyone felt sick so they called the paramedics to come see if there was a chemical attack. Paramedics even felt see however their was no trace of chemicals on the bus. How to resist informational social influence: study: students were asked to read newspaper reports of a real, highly controversial incident in which canadian african teenager driving a stolen car was shot dead by white police officers. Conformity and social approval: the asch line judgement studies: study : lines experiment. 3 vertical lines of different lengths were shown and the person was supposed to match it with a sample line. When one person said the clearly wrong answer other people followed.