Obedience and apathy

Question 1

What did the STANLEY MILGRAM experiment discover?

Answer 1

People are more likely to obey people in “white coats”.

willing to administer dangerous voltages, ‘white coat halo’ of doctors

Question 2

Who discovered the law of social impact?

Answer 2

Latane

Question 3

What is the law of social impact?

Answer 3

number of people in a group, their strength (seniority) and immediacy (present in room) all affect how likely people are to comply

Question 4

Who discovered Bystander apathy?

Answer 4

John Darley and Bibb Latané - after become interested in the murder of kitty genovese

Question 5

What was the lab research for bystander apathy?

Answer 5

no of bystanders makes a difference, e.g. smoke pours into room, 75% of people alone in room self-report within 2 mins, whereas less than 13% within 6 mins when in a group of 3

Question 6

What is audience inhibition?

Answer 6

Non-responding due to fear of messing up in front of others

Question 7

Diffusion of responsibility?

Answer 7

Not responding because others will instead

Question 8

Solomon Asch study

Answer 8

if everyone before you has said the incorrect answer, you feel the need to say the same even though you know it is wrong - only need 1 deviant to state correct answer to ruin effect