Experiments in Social Psychology

What were the implications of Asch's Conformity Experiment?

• people sometimes deny their senses to conform with groupthink.
• Many people will blindly follow authority figures.
• People are often biased toward attractive people.
• People sometimes rationalize their behavior by lying to themselves

What were the implications of the Milgram Experiment?

• people sometimes deny their senses to conform with groupthink.
• Many people will blindly follow authority figures.
• People are often biased toward attractive people.
• People sometimes rationalize their behavior by lying to themselves

What were the implications of the Halo Effect?

• people sometimes deny their senses to conform with groupthink.
• Many people will blindly follow authority figures.
• People are often biased toward attractive people.
• People sometimes rationalize their behavior by lying to themselves

What were the implications of Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance Theory?

• people sometimes deny their senses to conform with groupthink.
• Many people will blindly follow authority figures.
• People are often biased toward attractive people.
• People sometimes rationalize their behavior by lying to themselves

What were the implications of Elliot's Class Divided Experiment?

• In-groups quickly learn prejudice. against out-groups.
• People develop biases because of competition but can overcome them through cooperation.
• People project their ways of thinking onto others
• People are who they are because of the groups in which they belong.

What were the implications of the Robbers Cave Experiment?

• In-groups quickly learn prejudice. against out-groups.
• People develop biases because of competition but can overcome them through cooperation.
• People project their ways of thinking onto others
• People are who they are because of the groups in which they belong.

What were the implications of Ross's False Consensus Theory?

• In-groups quickly learn prejudice. against out-groups.
• People develop biases because of competition but can overcome them through cooperation.
• People project their ways of thinking onto others
• People are who they are because of the groups in which they belong.

What were the implications of Tajfel's Social Identity Theory?

• In-groups quickly learn prejudice. against out-groups.
• People develop biases because of competition but can overcome them through cooperation.
• People project their ways of thinking onto others
• People are who they are because of the groups in which they belong.

What were the implications of the Bystander Effect?

• People are less helpful in the presence of others.
• People quickly conform to the social norms of their environment
• People assume that they are smarter than everyone else.
• People are more likely to aid someone in need if they are in a crowd

What were the implications of the Stanford Prison Experiment?

• People are less helpful in the presence of others.
• People quickly conform to the social norms of their environment
• People assume that they are smarter than everyone else.
• People are more likely to aid someone in need if they are in a crowd