Impact of Social Psychology
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PSY-362 Social Psychology and Cultural Applications
Topic 8-Future Implications for Social Psychology
Directions: Provided are three prominent researchers/theorists and their respective research. Through scholarly research, analyze the implications for each of the researched areas in the past and present. Use APA formatted in-text citations, and list your references at the bottom of the document.
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Researcher/Theorist |
Researched area |
Summary of research |
What impact did the research have on past and present social psychological ideals? |
How did the media, past and present, influence societal behavior? |
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Stanley Milgram |
Obedience to Authority Figures (1961) |
By administering electro-shock, Milgram observed and recorded to what extent people would continue an action of harm if encouraged to do so by an authority figure (McLeod, 2007) |
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Philip Zimbardo |
Aggression-good to evil (1971 & 2007) |
Zimbardo embarks on explaining, through psychological theories and practices, why seemingly ordinary good people commit despicable acts; in essence they turn evil. This research is the follow up to Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment. The experiment was supposed to last 2 weeks, but was stopped after 6 days (Zimbardo, 2006) |
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Solomon Asch |
Conformity (1951) |
Asch reconstructs Sherif’s (1935) conformity study to determine if an individual will conform to a group norm if pressure is applied from the majority of the group (McLeod, 2008). |
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References:
McLeod, S. (2008). The Asch experiment. In Simply Psychology.
McLeod, S. (2007). The Milgram experiment. In Simply Psychology.
Zimbardo, P. (2007). The Lucifer effect. Retrieved from http://www.lucifereffect.com
