Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: Frontal Lobe, Disinhibition, Longitudinal Study

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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494-498, 504-510: joyce is opposed to abortion, but in a social psychology study, the experimenter told her she had to write an essay in favour of abortion and sign it. What should we expect when joyce is later asked for her attitude toward abortion: her attitude will not change. The highlighted gets rid of the need for justification. Personal responsibility: obedience drops dramatically, but still doesn"t go to zero, goes to 10% Disobedient models: 2 others in a group refuse, obedience drops to 10% By the age of: 5 2-3 hrs a day, 10 4-6 hrs per day, 16 witnessed more than 13,000 murders, 18 more time watching tv than in school. 99% of north american household have at least one tv set. On average, tv is on 7 hours a day. Signorielli et al: 80% of all tv shows contain some violence, 71% of prime time shows, 94% of children"s" weekend shows, average of 5. 2 violent acts per hour.