This document provides an overview of the lectures and readings for Week 6 which focus on the social mind. The lectures cover topics including conformity and obedience experiments like the Asch and Milgram studies, biases and beliefs like the self-serving bias and just world hypothesis, and the psychology of evil showcased in the Stanford prison experiment. Readings further explore related issues such as conformity, political authority, stereotypes, discrimination, and first impressions.
This document provides an overview of the lectures and readings for Week 6 which focus on the social mind. The lectures cover topics including conformity and obedience experiments like the Asch and Milgram studies, biases and beliefs like the self-serving bias and just world hypothesis, and the psychology of evil showcased in the Stanford prison experiment. Readings further explore related issues such as conformity, political authority, stereotypes, discrimination, and first impressions.
This document provides an overview of the lectures and readings for Week 6 which focus on the social mind. The lectures cover topics including conformity and obedience experiments like the Asch and Milgram studies, biases and beliefs like the self-serving bias and just world hypothesis, and the psychology of evil showcased in the Stanford prison experiment. Readings further explore related issues such as conformity, political authority, stereotypes, discrimination, and first impressions.
o Asch Conformity o Milgram Experiment o Self-Serving Bias o Stanford Prison Experiment o Original Milgram o Locus of Control Experiment o Elevator Conformity Experiment o Belief in a Just o Psychology of Evil Readings: Readings: World (Zimbardo) o Conformity in the o Political Authority, Readings: Readings: Workplace Philosophically … o Self-Serving Bias o Stanford Prison o Asch Experiment o What Milgram’s o Depression and Locus Experiment Website Experiments Really of Control o BBC Afterstory … o Just World
o Kitty Genovese o Stereotypes in Child o The Roots of o First Impressions Case Entertainment Discrimination o Why Sexy is Sexy o Baby Left in Car Readings: