PY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Stanford Prison Experiment, Stage Fright, Yelp
12 Oct 2016
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The power of the situation (milgram experiment) The procedure: voltage ranging from 15 (slight) to 450 (xxx) 150 volts: screams, bangs on wall, demands to stop. One person is in a separate room getting shocks administered while one person is administering shocks with someone telling them to keep going. The person on the other side is in on the experiment while the person administering shocks has no idea what is happening. 65% of people administered the highest level of shock. Participants: 24 healthy male college students enrolled in summer school. Randomly assigned to be either prisoners or guards. Compliance- agree to do things requested by others. If (cid:455)oure i(cid:374) a good (cid:373)ood (cid:455)ou are (cid:373)ore likel(cid:455) to do so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g tha(cid:374) if (cid:455)ou"re i(cid:374) a bad mood: failure to consider options. Agree (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t thi(cid:374)k there is a(cid:374)other optio(cid:374) Compliance strategies: foot in the door effect.
