Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Social Proof, Order Of The Solar Temple, The Nice
17 Oct 2018
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Story of innocent girl & boy that got beat up by people at school. Conformity is why people joined in instead of stop it. Informational social influence the need to know what"s right. The soldiers were told to abuse intruders (this is term is ambiguous) and were not properly trained for their peacekeeping mission. The ambiguous situation made the soldiers look to each other: when the situation is a crisis, in this case we don"t have time to stop and think about what to do. So they looked at their family and friends and when they saw them look worried they freaked out as well: example: solar temple cult where the leader convinced everyone that the world was going to end. This was a perceived as a crisis by some people, and they turned to leader for guidance & accepted that death by fire was the right way to go.
