1. Individual v. situational explanations of behaviour
Milgram
Individual:
Passive/Sadistic(?) personalities
High level of empathy/strong will
Situational
Prods/Lab coat/Yale University
Being in an experiment: demand char.

2. Individual v. situational explanations of behaviour
Zimbardo
Individual:
Need for power/creativity
Rebelliousness/sensitivity
Situational
Role play/ the arrest
Functional equivalents/clothes

3. Individual v. situational explanations of behaviour
Piliavin
Individual:
Level of empathy/morality
Physical strength
Level of apathy
Situational
Being in an enclosed space
Being in a public place

4. Individual v. situational explanations of behaviour
Tajfel
Individual:
Level of competitiveness
Wanting to be fair
Situational
Being in a group
Being in a cubicle

5. The Fundamental Attribution Error
Attributions are basically explanations of behaviour
Often we make a basic error when explaining behaviour
E.g. icy roads
What is this error?
Sometimes we show self-serving bias in our explanations
E.g. Exam success/failure
You don’t need to know this for AS but it is interesting to think about when we consider the social psychology studies.