PSX_512 Human Nature: Key Studies in Psychology

LECTURE 3: Social psychology

Structure of the lecture:

- Definition of social psychology

- Brief history of SP

- Classical studies in SP:

   1. Conformity (S. Asch)

   2. Obedience (S. Milgram)

   3. Prison experiment (Zimbardo)

Conformity in everyday situations: The bystander effect

Experiments on conformity by Salomon Asch:

 

Experiment on obedience - S. Milgram

Stanford prison experiment (P. Zimbardo):

What to study: