Milgram Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Milgram - aim? - To investigate what level of obedience would be shown when participants were told by an authority figure to administer electric shocks to another person Milgram - participants/sample? - VOLUNTARY/SELF-SELECT 40 white males aged 20-50 from New Haven, Connecticut; wide range of education levels; answered ad in newspaper; paid 4.50 Milgram - results? - QUAN: all P's got to at least 300 volts; 65% (26) went to 450 QUAL: amount of stress and tension observed by P's...

1) Milgram (Participants/Sample) - 1)All white males from new haven, Connecticut 2)Age ranged from 20 - 50 years old 3)40 participants in total 4)volunteers from news ad 5) were paid $4.50 2) Pilliavin (Participants/Sample) - 1) 4 teams of 4 (2 Males, 2 Females) 2)Opportunity sample 3)avg # of riders per section is 43 3) Yamamoto (Participants/Sample) - 1) Opportunity Sample 2) 5 Mother- Offspring pairs 4)Bandura (Participants/Sample) - 1) 72 total kids 2) 36 boys; 36 girls 3)3 - 6 y...

CHAPTER 12 PSYCH C0MPLETE Vince has always believed children deserve the best prenatal care available. During a class discussion, he hears the first of several speakers express negative attitudes toward spending tax money on prenatal care for the poor. When it is his turn to speak, he voices an opinion more in keeping with the previous speakers. Vince's behavior is an example of a) compliance. b) persuasion. c) conformity. d) obedience. ANSWER = c Conformity involves going along wit...

social influence correct answers information by and pressures from individuals, groups, and the mass media that affect how a person behaves Depersonalization correct answers feelings of detachment from one's mental processes or body normative social influence correct answers the idea that we comply in order to fuel our need to be liked or belong Deindividuation correct answers the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity ...

__________ is considered the father of psychology, and ___________ is considered the father of American psychology - ️️Wilhelm Wundt; William James __________ is the comprehension center for both spoken and written language, receiving input from the auditory cortex and visual cortex. - ️️Wernicke's ___________ is generally thought to play roles in regulating mood, eating, sleeping, and arousal. - ️️Serotonin ___________ is the neurotransmitter activated during an emergency situat...

define - INDEPENDENT VARIABLE - DEPENDENT VARIABLE - PARTICIPANT VARIABLE IV: the variable an experimenter varies in order to see its impact on another variable DV: the variable that is thought to be affected by the manipulation of the independent variable PV: the variable that is thought to be affected by the manipulation of the independent variable define: - LAB EXPERIMENT list AT LEAST one strength and one weakness an experiment conducted under highly controlled conditio...

construal - the way a person perceives, comprehends, and interprets a social situation social psychology - The scientific discipline that attempts to understand and explain how the thoughts, feelings and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others behaviorism - theory that rewards reinforce the desire to continue behavior and punishments weaken the desire Gestalt Psychology - In order to understand perception one needs to understand all of ...

1) Milgram (Participants/Sample) - 1)All white males from new haven, Connecticut 2)Age ranged from 20 - 50 years old 3)40 participants in total 4)volunteers from news ad 5) were paid $4.50 2) Pilliavin (Participants/Sample) - 1) 4 teams of 4 (2 Males, 2 Females) 2)Opportunity sample 3)avg # of riders per section is 43 3) Yamamoto (Participants/Sample) - 1) Opportunity Sample 2) 5 Mother- Offspring pairs 4)Bandura (Participants/Sample) - 1) 72 total kids 2) 36 boys; 36 girls 3)3 - 6 y...

Social psychology final pay 351 (CSULB)A change in behavior or belief as a result of real or imagined group pressure is - correct answer Conformity Conformity that involves publicly acting in accord with social pressure while privately disagreeing is - correct answer Compliance Conformity that involves both acting and believing in accord with social pressure is - correct answer Acceptance Sherif's study using autokinetic phenomenon suggest - correct answer acceptance An accomplice o...

A-level Psychology (OCR) Exam Questions and Answers What is the difference between experimental and non-experimental methods? - Answer ️️ - Experimental methods involve manipulating a variable, while non-experimental methods do not. What is a laboratory experiment? - Answer ️️ -A laboratory experiment is an experiment conducted in highly controlled conditions. What is a field experiment? - Answer ️️ -A field experiment is an experiment conducted outside of a laboratory conditio...