The Power of the Situation

• Social psychology is the study of how social conditions affect human beings.

• Social psychology attempts to explain how the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of individuals are influenced by other people.

The Power of the Situation

• How does the situation influence you?• How are your “thoughts, feelings, and behaviors”

same/different when you are in-class, at home, with friends, with romantic partner, at work versus at play, authority figures, etc.

The Power of the Situation

• Asch and Milgramhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7923487947922730773

ASCH – Line Task

ASCH – Line Task

MILGRAM experiment

MILGRAM experiment