Assignment- Replicating Milgram
Attached Files:
File Replicating Milgram Burger 2009.pdf Replicating Milgram Burger 2009.pdf – Alternative Formats (141.77 KB)
File desirability-of-control-scale.pdf desirability-of-control-scale.pdf – Alternative Formats (20.842 KB)
File empathy-interpersonalreactivityindex.pdf empathy-interpersonalreactivityindex.pdf – Alternative Formats (72.247 KB)
1) READ Replicating Milgram by Burger 2009, then complete the two of the three questionnaires used in this study: Desirability of Control and Interpersonal Reactivity Index.
Include your results along with your analysis critiquing the validity of the findings in the text box provide after clicking Write Submission. Support your criticism with as limited subjectivity as possible. Be thoughtful and concise. No word count requirement.
Explain and examine how you compare to the average score below. Assess whether the findings you obtain fit your general description of yourself. Provide reasoning to support your analysis.
INTERPERSONAL REACTIVITY INDEX
Means and Standard Deviations for the Four IRI Scales
Males (N = 579) Females (N = 582)
Mean (Standard Deviation) Mean (Standard Deviation)
Fantasy- FS
15.73 (5.60)
18.75 (5.17)
Perspective Taking- PT
16.78 (4.72)
17.96 (4.85)
Empathetic Concern- EC
19.04 (4.21)
21.67 (3.83)
Personal Distress- PD
9.46 (4.55)
12.28 (5.01)
Desirability of Control Scale Scoring and Norms
College student means typically are around 100, with a standard deviation of around 10. According to Burger & Cooper (1979) the higher the score, the more you need to feel in control of the events in your life.
2) To what extent did empathy (scores from the IRI) and desire for control influence obedience according to Burger?
part 2
One way group members can cope with social identity threat is to reinvent oneself by improving their own perception of their groups standing. This can be done in a variety of ways, and collectively these strategies are termed social creativity. Social creativity refers to a set of cognitive strategies by which group members can downplay the effect that their low status has on them. Ethnic minorities, for example, can compare themselves to majority group members on dimensions such as athletic ability or cultural values, dimensions on which they perceive their group to hold higher standing than the outgroup. By cognitively devaluing the dimensions on which the ingroup is expected to show lower performance (e.g., mathematics for women, academic performance for ethnic minorities) and by disconnecting self-worth from these domains, the impact of low personal or ingroup performance on these dimensions to social identity and self-esteem is reduced (Major & Schmader, 1998; Osborne, 1995; Schmader & Major, 1999; Schmader)
Discuss an example of a person who is a member of a social group and who you believe has used social creativity strategies as presented in Chapter 13 in an attempt to improve his or her self-image. What were the strategies, and were they successful?
Start a thread responding to the question above. Provide information from the assigned readings to support your statements. Your thread must be between 100 and 200 words long.
part 3
1) Using the principles discussed in this course, first consider the likely role of the social situation versus the individual person. Did the person freely engage in the behavior, did the social situation force him to engage in the behavior, or was there some combination of both?
2) Consider the role of underlying human goalsconcern for self and concern for others. Did the conformity occur primarily because the person wanted to feel good about himself or herself or because he or she cared for those around him or her?
3) Ask yourself about the role of cognition, affect, and behavior. Do you think the conformity was primarily behavioral, or did it involve a real change in the persons thoughts and feelings?
a. Bill laughed at the movie, even though he didnt think it was all that funny; he realized he was laughing just because all his friends were laughing.
b. Frank realized that he was starting to like jazz music, in part because his roommate liked it.
c. Jennifer went to the mall with her friends so that they could help her choose a gown for the upcoming prom.
d. Sally tried a cigarette at a party because all her friends urged her to.
e. Phil spent over $150 on a pair of sneakers, even though he couldnt really afford them, because his best friend had a pair.
link to part 1 -https://sunyrockland.open.suny.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-1089426-dt-content-rid-5286552_1/courses/202180-PSY-PSY20600-800/desirability-of-control-scale.pdf
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