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Social Psychology

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Obedience

n    A type of social influence in which an individual follows a direct order, typically from an authority figure.

The Study of Obedience

n    In Milgram’s study, subjects were asked to deliver different voltages (0-450 volts) as a punishment to the “learner”

n    Milgram’s question was at what point would subjects refuse to deliver shock to another person?

Milgram’s Experiment:  Why?

Obedience Variables

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n   Distance

n   Assignment of Responsibility

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Obedience Today

Overcoming destructive obedience exercise

Milgram’s Experiment:  Why?

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Conformity

n    Conformity: A behavior performed in response to group pressure, which may or may not involve direct requests.

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Norms

n    A social norm is an expected behavior that is adhered to by members of a group

¨  Explicit norms

¨  Implicit norms

Norms

n   Class activity

Model of Bystander Intervention