1 / 23

The Impact of Other People on Our Everyday Lives

Explore Milgram's obedience studies, Asch's conformity studies, and Janis' groupthink theory to understand how other people influence our behavior. Learn about the power of authority, the pressure to conform, and the dangers of groupthink. Discover ways to avoid these negative influences and create positive social structures.

whitel
Download Presentation

The Impact of Other People on Our Everyday Lives

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Impact of Other People on Our Everyday Lives A Look at Authority, Group Conformity, and Groupthink

  2. Milgram’s Obedience Studies “The Man Who Shocked the World”

  3. The “Gentle Accountant” being strapped to the chair…

  4. The Shock Generator

  5. Shock Levels

  6. The Experiment Set-up

  7. Variations on Experiment • Subject control • Amount of surveillance by authority (closeness/proximity). • Use of force…

  8. Variations on Experiment • Subject’s position in larger chain of command. • Level of peer support…

  9. Asch’s Conformity Studies “We are half ruined by conformity; but we should be wholly ruined without it.”  ~Charles Dudley Warner

  10. Asch Experiment

  11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1__sHLRF-M

  12. Asch Subjects

  13. Conditions Affecting Conformity • Unanimity of the majority • Attraction to the group • Commitment to future interaction with the group • Level of competence relative to other group members

  14. Janis on Groupthink How Good Groups Make Bad Decisions

  15. Conditions that Contribute to Groupthink • Crisis situation • Highly cohesive group--high level of we-ness • Insulation of group members from judgments and criticisms of qualified others • Leader who actively promotes own solution to problems facing the group

  16. How to Avoid Groupthink • Group leader should encourage dissent • Group leader should be impartial • Establish several independent subgroups • Call a second chance meeting where each member is encouraged to think about doubts

  17. The Impact of Social Structure on Our Everyday Lives

  18. Aspects of Social Structure • Social institution: the sum of roles and statuses, values, and norms; relatively stable cluster of statuses and roles that develop over time to often insure that some basic need in society will be taken care of. • Status: a position that an individual occupies within the larger social structure • Role: the expectations for behavior attached to a given status

  19. Zimbardo’s Prison Study “It’s the situation that controls you.”

More Related