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Obedience: Following the commands of someone with authority, or the rules or laws of our society
Conformity: The tendency to adjust one’s thoughts, feelings or behaviour in ways that are in agreement with those of a particular individual or group, or with accepted standards about how a person should behave in certain situations (social norms)
Zimbardo: Psychologist who conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment
Miligram: Psychologist who conducted an experiment focusing on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience
Status: The importance of an individuals position in the group as perceived by members of the group
Power: An individuals or groups ability to control or influence the thoughts, feelings or behaviour of another person or group
Behaviour: Any observable action made by a living person or animal
Experiment: A research method in which a researcher tests whether one variable(s) influences or causes a change to another variable(s) under strictly controlled conditions
Reward: A thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement.
Social Norms: standards that govern what people should or should not do in different social situations
Hierarchy: A system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority.
Leader: One whom has power or a higher status over other individuals or groups
Participant: A person who takes part in something
Authority: The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience
Sample: A small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like.
Population: A community of animals, plants, or humans among whose members interbreeding occurs
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An individuals or groups ability to control or influence the thoughts, feelings or behaviour of another person or group
One whom has power or a higher status over other individuals or groups
A thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement.
A small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like.
The importance of an individuals position in the group as perceived by members of the group
Psychologist who conducted an experiment focusing on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience
Psychologist who conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment
The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience
Any observable action made by a living person or animal
A system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority.
Following the commands of someone with authority, or the rules or laws of our society
The tendency to adjust one’s thoughts, feelings or behaviour in ways that are in agreement with those of a particular individual or group, or with accepted standards about how a person should behave in certain situations (social norms)
A research method in which a researcher tests whether one variable(s) influences or causes a change to another variable(s) under strictly controlled conditions
A community of animals, plants, or humans among whose members interbreeding occurs
A person who takes part in something
standards that govern what people should or should not do in different social situations