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Stanley Milgram's Obedience Experiment
Do you think Milram's experiment was ethical? In the 1960s Stanley Milgram designed an experiment in an attempt to discover why people could be coerced into making terrible decisions regarding the welfare of others when commanded to do so. In...
What is Social Facilitation?
What is Social Facilitation Theory?
In 1965, Robert Zajonc pulled the social facilitation theory from the shelf after earlier work by other psychologists failed to draw conclusions about social facilitation and influence. In 1898, Norman Triplett...
What is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
Fate has little to do with events and circumstances. Things happen for a reason, and that they are usually bought about by our attitudes and behavior, and our way of thinking about things. Sometimes it is more comfortable to focus on an outcome...
P90X Home Fitness - More Diet and Exercise Tips
P90X workout DVDs can really become addicting. This past week instead of taking a rest day, I again did the X stretch workout DVD, only to follow up in the afternoon with a full session of legs and back workout plus the Ab Ripper X DVD which is...
What is the Difference Between Individualism and Collectivism?
An individualist is one who takes pride in his personal achievements and is more likley to consider his own accomplishments as personal triumphs rather than attributing them to the success of a group effort. A collectivist probably also takes some...
What is Attribution Theory?
Attribution theory attempts to explain how and why people describe the behavior of others in a certain way. There are several variables that can alter a person's judgment about someone, including whether they use that person's circumstances to...
Personal Reflection on the Self
Despite the word sounding like a single reference, the self comprises a complex collection of different selves, all with unique qualities and the ability to change according to circumstance, mood and the influence of others. The collective self,...
What is Social Psychology?
Social psychology is a specialized field of psychology whereby a scientific approach helps explain the interaction of individuals in various situations, and the influence individuals have on each other. Social psychology uses the scientific method...
What is Classical Conditioning?
Classical conditioning is an associative learning theory. For learning to take place, one stimulus is presented with a second stimulus so the desired response occurs. The first stimulus alone will evoke a response, but the association of the second...
What is Operant Conditioning?
The theory of operant conditioning is that a reinforcement of a desired behavior will produce the same behavior in future. A stimulus that reinforces a behavior helps in predicting future behaviors. Behaviors that occur naturally can also be...
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