The results of these studies are very interesting. I thought that they were also very beneficial in learning how we some people act in certain situations. Asch's conformity study shows that we want to be accepted among our peers. Even though we don't agree with our peers sometimes, we often go with them because we don't want to be different than the group. Milgram's obedience experiment shows that we comply under pressure. When the person involved in the experiment was told they had to give the other a shock because they agreed to the experiment that often complied and shocked them. They even shocked them if the other person was screaming like they were in pain. The Stanford Prison experiment also showed stunning results. When people were givin a role to perform they became overly obessed with it. The college students that were guards became near obsessed with the experiment. They treated the prisoners horribly. The prisoners had to deal with the torture and wrong doing they were put through. Even though it was all fake it became to realistic and the experiment had to be stopped early. All these experiments were very important to psychology.
Social influence means that our surrounding influence us. Who we hang out with and what we do when we are hanging out influences our behavior. My friends influence me in nearly everything I do. Who you hang out with affects your mood and your actions through the rest of your life. I remember one time at halftime of a game, we were losing and because I was considered a leader of the team I gave a speech to get the team going. I don't know how I thought of what to say. It just came out. Because I knew that I was considered a leader I knew I had to do something to get us going. The words just came out.
The most interesting thing that I learned in this class was about all the psychological disorders. I found learning about all their side effects very interesting. I never actually knew what most of the disorders was but now I do. I never actually knew that schizophrenic people heard all those different voices in their head. It was very interesting to learn. Thanks for teaching us all this different psychology stuff. It was very interesting.
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I think that even though we have a feeling in our gut that the answer is right, we'll go with the majority just to "fit in." Except for you of course Indy, always have to be different from the crowd-in a good way! =) I know what you mean when you were talking about how the words that just came out of your mouth during that halftime speech. In times of need, your mind is triggered somehow and takes action. For me, this happens a lot when it comes to my little brother and sister or fighting for something I believe in.
ReplyDeleteLearning about psychological disorders was very interesting. I also didn't know what many of them were. I thought schizophrenia was possibly the most interesting. You hear about people on the news who tried committing suicide because a voice told them to. Now I know more about the delusions and hallucinations.
ReplyDeletealso... thanks for teaching us Mrs. Olson =)