PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Shooting Of Amadou Diallo, Stanford Prison Experiment, Norm (Social)
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Self-regulation is the process by which people alter or change their behavior to attain personal goals, it is difficult and often involves postponing short-term rewards in the pursuit of long-term goals. Dark triad traits: harry potter houses example, narcissism, machiavellianism, psychopathy. While we tend to focus on the extremes, each trait exists along a continuum: most people fall somewhere in the middle. Fundamental attribution error (fae): the tendency for people to overemphasize personal factors and underestimate situational factors in explaining the behavior of others: cultural differences. Implicit and explicit prejudice: the shooter task by joshua correll. Shooter bias in errors in the shooter task: accidentally shooting someone who is not carrying a gun, there is a stereotype that black men are more violent and more likely to be a criminal. 75% of people conformed at least once in the trials, we feel the need to conform to avoid discomfort. Why do people conform: normative influence: acceptance.
