What do Milgrams obedience experiments teach us about the power of social influence quizlet?

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What do experiments on conformity and obedience reveal about the power of social influence?
What is automatic mimicry and how do conformity experiments reveal the power of social influences?
What did the Milgram experiment on conformity to authority reveal to researchers quizlet?
What do the social influence studies teach us about ourselves?

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What do experiments on conformity and compliance reveal about the power of social influence? Asch's conformity studies demonstrated that under certain conditions people will conform to a group's judgment even when it is clearly incorrect.

Describe automatic mimicry, and explain how conformity experiments reveal the power of social influence. The chameleon effect refers to our natural tendency to mimic others. Unconsciously mimicking others' expressions, postures, and voice tones helps us feel what they are feeling (empathize).

What did the Milgram experiment on conformity to authority reveal to researchers quizlet?

-Stanley Milgram wanted to test how far people would go to follow orders of someone of higher authority even when it caused another person harm. -His experiment showed that people don't confront authorities when they are abusing their power.

The social influence studies teach us about ourselves that the choice to resist or obey is made early on in a situation, attitudes are formed and then behavior follows. Ordinary people can be corrupted by evil situations and even eased into doing so via the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.