Def: The scientific study of the way
individuals think, feel and behave in social
situations
A. How we perceive people and form
impressions about them
B. How we interpret other’s behavior based
on our attitudes about them and who they
are
PREJUDICE
A. An attitude toward people who belong to
a specific social group. Who are they?
1.
2.
3.
other-sexual
other-culture
other socioeconomic
B. Important to remember that
1. Racial and ethnic groups are far more alike
than they are different
2. Any differences that may exist between
members of different racial and ethnic
groups are far smaller than differences
among various members of the same group
JUDGE NOT THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED!!
CONFORMITY
Solomon Asch (1955)
OBEDIENCE
Stanley Milgram (1963)
Abu Graib
Kitty Genovese
Bystander Helping