Social Psychology

Deception has no ethical concerns.

Deception increases participant bias.

It can potentially harm participants emotionally or psychologically.

It reduces the validity of the study.

When they are unsure how to behave

When they are alone and unobserved

When they are confident in their abilities

When they are experts in the task

Changing your beliefs to fit the majority.

The condition of self-discontent due to not fitting in.

Not being able to think for yourself.

Following the directions of an authority figure.

It involves making an initial large request that makes smaller subsequent requests seem reasonable in comparison.

It involves threatening someone until they comply with your demands.

It involves repeated requests that eventually wear down resistance.

It involves agreeing to a small request first, which makes one more likely to agree to a larger request later.

Making responses public instead of private

Increasing the size of the majority beyond three people

Presence of a dissenter who gave correct responses

Being unaware of the purpose behind the experiment

Not informing participants that they were part of a majority influence investigation until after the research concluded

Deceiving participants about the study's purpose

Participants could leave at any time

Exposing participants to potential psychological harm

Cohesion

Obedience

Compliance

Conformity

Stanley Milgram's shock experiment where participants thought they were administering electric shocks to another person under the instruction of the researcher.

Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment demonstrating the effects of power roles in prisons.

Jane Elliot's blue eyes/brown eyes classroom exercise to illustrate discrimination and prejudice.

Solomon Asch's line judgment test assessing how group pressure affects individual perceptions.

Through passive-aggressive behavior

By presenting logical arguments

By creating an atmosphere of uncertainty.

Through demonstrating power and using threats or rewards

Marketers suggest limited availability of a product to prompt urgency for compliance with purchase requests.

Scarcity invokes social proof which encourages individuals to comply based on others' behaviors.

It fosters authoritative appeal making consumers more likely to comply due to perceived expert endorsement.

Scarcity diminishes consumer compliance because it leads to skepticism about product quality or value.