PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Amen, Wield, Leon Festinger

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

Document Summary

Textbook: an introduction to psychological science , second canadian edition (krause et al) 13. 1 the power of the situation: social influences on behaviour. Abu ghraib = during the war in iraq (2003), u. s. army and cia committed a series of human rights violations against detainees in abu ghraib prison. Pictures of the many incidents (sexual, physical assault, inconsequential punishment) were handed over to the. Army"s criminal investigation unit (joe darby = whistleblower) Relation to social psych want to understand how people can do this by understanding the social and psychological dynamics that lead to tragedies to prevent them in the future. Joe darby = people can resist social pressures in any circumstance. Evil we believe that there is only good and bad guys, failing to question or challenge the larger system. Philip zimbardo on evil: not bad apples, but bad barrels not blaming the individuals, but the entire system.