3. Classic Social Psychology Learning Assignment: Use your understanding of your chapter reading and the following videos/website to fully answer the questions below. (20 points)
Asch’s Conformity Research:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYIh4MkcfJA (about 4 minutes)
Milgram’s Obedience Research:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzd6Ew3TraA (about 2 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJFzqfLMBIw (7 minutes)
Stanford Prison Experiment:
https://www.prisonexp.org/the-story (website; follow the pages)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=760lwYmpXbc (29 minutes)
Classic Social Psychology Learning Assignment QUESTIONS: (A good answer will be roughly 1 paragraph each; 2 paragraphs for #4.)
What is the Fundamental Attribution Error (from your textbook reading/course notes)? Explain in your own words (not word-for-word from your text!). Describe an example from your own life.
Describe the concept of “conformity” based on your learning. What were the methods used to study conformity in Asch’s research? Explain why conformity can be good-- or bad. Be sure to use examples from your learning tools (videos, reading/notes).
How is “obedience” different from conformity? What did Milgram’s experiments demonstrate? Is obedience good or bad? Explain. Be sure to use examples from your learning tools (videos, reading/notes).
Explain the Stanford Prison Experiment. Include how participants were recruited, how the experiment began, and a few details of what happened during the experiment. Would you rather have been a guard or a prisoner if you were in this experiment? Why?
Why did this experiment end early? What did researchers conclude about their learning from this experiment? That is, what is the take-home message? (Think beyond the prison scenario!)