PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Adolf Eichmann, Fundamental Attribution Error, Stanley Milgram
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Alan turing: founder of computer science; broke enigma code of. Social psychology: scienti c study of feelings, thoughts, and behaviours of individuals in social situations. Explaining behaviour: cbs broadcast exposed american soldiers" terrible acts against iraqi prisoners. Americans assumed those soldiers were bad apples: zimbardo experiment. Instantly, guards treated prisoners terribly; wear bags, stripped naked, etc. Examine traits and dispositions for behaviour vs. examine situation that led to behaviour: cognitive psychology: how people perceive think about, and remember aspects of the world. Study categorization of processes/memory vs. situation that let to categorizing processes/memory: sociology: study of behaviour of people in a group. In uence of government policy on marriage and divorce rates vs. why individuals fall in love, get married, and sometimes get divorced. The power of the situation: hannah arendt; wrote the book eichmann in jerusalem, about nazi architect adolf eichmann who was jewish, said she was just doing her job(boring and lifeless), not a war machine.
