PSY 1305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Normative Social Influence, Stanford Prison Experiment, Philip Zimbardo
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Social psychology is the study of how people influence one another and their behaviors or how they act differs between people in various situations. Fundamental attribution error: people tend to underestimate situational/external events and overestimate personal traits. Attitudes affects and our affected by our actions because it is how we feel and our beliefs that make us behave certain ways. Peripheral route persuasion: fast thoughts or change in attitudes influenced by incidental cues. Central route persuasion: favorable responses that occurs when arguments and evidence are given to interested people. Foot-in-the-door phenomenon: someone is more likely to do a big favor when already accepted in doing a small favor. Role: how a person is expected to behave in different social positions. In the stanford prison experiment, psychologist philip zimbardo assigned two groups: normal people who volunteered were split into guards and prisoners. Role playing was carried out because people play their role even when it was out of their character.
