How Nice People Get Corrupted Conformity-Situational or Stable? How Nice People Get Corrupted Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights.

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Conformity-Situational or Stable?

How Nice People Get Corrupted

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What Is Conformity?

• Conformity– group pressure

• Compliance – outwardly going along

• Obedience – compliance with direct demand

• Acceptance – believing and acting in accord with social

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Classic Studies

• Asch’s studies of group pressure

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The Tenth Level

• 2 hour made-for-TV movie starring William Shatner….

• The Work of Stanley Milgram• 1. Shock study• 2. Corner Bystanders study

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Classic Studies

• Milgram’s obedience experiments

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What Breeds Obedience?

• The victim’s distance• Closeness and

legitimacy of the authority

• Institutional authority• The liberating effects

of group influence

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Reflections on the Classic Studies

• Behavior and attitudes• The power of the situation• The fundamental attribution error

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What Predicts Conformity?

• Group size• Unanimity• Cohesion• Status• Public response• No prior commitment

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Zimbardo’s Prison Study

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Influences on Conformity

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Influences on Conformity

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Influences on Conformity

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