AS Social Psychology
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- Social psychology-AS
- Theories of obedience
- Agency Theory
- Developed by Milgram
- 2 mental states
- Autonomous: responsible for our own behaviour
- Agentic: agent of someone else's will (authority figure)
- Moral strain: when we have conflicting urges
- Obedience is a survival trait
- Social Impact thoery
- developed by Latane
- 1. Social Force: pressure is effected by strength, immediacy and number
- 2. Psychological Law: first source has the most dramatic impact on people, b u the second/third sources generate less of an impact
- 3. Divisions of impact: social force gets spread out between all who it's been directed at (diffusion of responsibility)
- Agency Theory
- Milgrams study (1963)
- Aim: to see if obedience is changed by the power of authority even if the command is destructive
- Procedure: told how punishments affects learning, drew lots to see who would be the teacher (fixed), learner strapped into 'electric chair' and tested 45V, read questions and reached 300V, debriefed after
- Findings: 100%-300V, 65%-45V
- Milgrams Variations
- #7 Absent authority: the experimenter gives the p's their instratthe start and then leaves. Findings: 22.5%-450V
- #10 Institutional Context: Milgram moved the experiment from a university to an office block. Findings: 45.5%-450V
- #13 Ordinary authority figure: Called the formal experimenter away and left an ordinary man to give instructions. Findings: 20%-450V
- Theories of prejudice
- Realistic Conflict Theory
- Sherif
- People identify with groups (ingroups). Negative views of other groups (outgroups)
- Conflict can be reduced through seeking a superordinate goal
- Robbers Cave
- 22 11 y/o boys placed in a summer camp
- A: to find out which factors make 2 groups develop hostile relationships how hostility can be reduced
- P: Ingroup formation lasts a week-complete 11 tasks, Friction phase involved a tournament, Integration phase involved fixing cars together and watching films
- F: required little encouragement to be competitive, each shared task led to reduced hostility
- Classic Study
- Realistic Conflict Theory
- Sherif
- People identify with groups (ingroups). Negative views of other groups (outgroups)
- Conflict can be reduced through seeking a superordinate goal
- Robbers Cave
- 22 11 y/o boys placed in a summer camp
- A: to find out which factors make 2 groups develop hostile relationships how hostility can be reduced
- P: Ingroup formation lasts a week-complete 11 tasks, Friction phase involved a tournament, Integration phase involved fixing cars together and watching films
- F: required little encouragement to be competitive, each shared task led to reduced hostility
- Classic Study
- Realistic Conflict Theory
- Social Identity Theory
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- Realistic Conflict Theory
- Contemporary Study
- Burger(2009)
- A:To find out if the same results as Milgrams (1963) study re-occur when the study is replicated with modern participants
- P: Replicate Milgram. Participants gave 15V instead of 45V. Baseline 150V
- F: 70% went to the baseline of 150V
- C: Milgrams results still stand today
- Burger(2009)
- Key Question
- How can knowledge of social psychology be used to reduce prejudice in situations such as crowd behaviour or rioting?
- Theories of obedience
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