Myers Unit 14

 Experiment Video Experiment Video  Other connections?

 Groups of 4  Duration of the semester  Choose wisely!  Asch and Zimbardo Due tomorrow!  Brainstorm  What makes groups work well?  What doesn’t?  Superordinate goals

Myers Module 74

 How do we explain our own actions vs the actions of others?  Fundamental attribution error  Self-serving bias  Actor-observer bias  Dispositional vs situational

Seinfeld--Close Talker Personal Space Ad elevator social norms Break a social norm and report to class Wednesday

 Peripheral route persuasion Peripheral route persuasion  Central route persuasion  Foot in the door phenomenon  How have you used it?  How has it been used on you?  Door in the face  “Why parents have gray hair”

 Zimbardo footage Zimbardo footage  The Lucifer Effect The Lucifer Effect  Zimbardo and John Stewart Zimbardo and John Stewart

 Solomon Asch Solomon Asch  Normative social influence  Informational social influence Jonestown News Reel

Myers Module 76

 Social Facilitation  Social Loafing  Deindividuation  Group Polarization  Groupthink

 40 St. Darley and Latane  Most common amongst men in individualistic cultures

 Strengthens the most likely response  I need 4 volunteers

 Implications for social networking  Loosing self- restraint/awareness due to anonymity and arousal  Social Networking!!!

 3-4 groups of 7

 Groupthink: each member of the group conforms their opinion to the perceived consensus.

 Divide yourselves into conservative and liberal  Rate the strength of your political views 1-10  Discuss prompt

Myers Module 80

 The only reason we help others is to feel good about ourselves. There is no such thing as unselfish altruism.

 Unselfish regard for the welfare of others Reciprocity Norm Friends: Good Deeds Friends: Good Deeds

 Bystander Effect  Diffusion of Responsibility  Ways around it?  Other conceptual connections?

 If a person is mimicked are they more likely to do something nice?  Strengthening social bonds  Mirror neurons

 Social traps—personal well-being v. social responsibility  Mirror-image perceptions  Self-fulfilling prophecies

 Contact  Cooperation  Communication  Conciliation  International examples?  Rwanda  Spain  Israeli-Palestine Conflict  South Africa

 “A Class Divided” “A Class Divided”  Stereotype Threat  Stereotypes are:  Overused  Inaccurate  Automatic  Self-perpetuating

 Physical or verbal behavior meant to hurt or destroy  Factors:  Genetic—twin studies  Neural –interesting examples in text  Biochemical— testosterone  Frustration-aggression principle

 Social Scripts  Justice Stephen Breyer’s quote in text  Discussion…

Video games and Aggression?