GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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the negativeconsequences of groupthink.
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how far people arewilling to go when instructed to do something by an authority figure.
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the power thatsituations can have in changing how people feel, think, and behave.
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the boost that socialfacilitation can provide to individual performance.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The research, known as the Stanford Prison Experiment, has become a classic demonstration of situational power to influence individual attitudes, values and behavior.
Detailed explanation-2: -Conclusion. According to Zimbardo and his colleagues, the Stanford Prison Experiment revealed how people will readily conform to the social roles they are expected to play, especially if the roles are as strongly stereotyped as those of the prison guards.
Detailed explanation-3: -Carried out August 15-21, 1971 in the basement of Jordan Hall, the Stanford Prison Experiment set out to examine the psychological effects of authority and powerlessness in a prison environment. The study, led by psychology professor Philip G. Zimbardo, recruited Stanford students using a local newspaper ad.
Detailed explanation-4: -Both the Milgram and Zimbardo studies clearly show that participants conform to social pressures. Conformity is strengthened by allowing some participants to feel more or less powerful than others.