CONFORMITY - DVD
Offering such examples of conformity as teenage fashion choices and the groupthink leading to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, this program with Betsy Sparrow of Columbia University examines the psychological concept of conformity. It explores such classic experiments as Sherif's 1935 study, Asch's 1951 study, Crutchfield's 1995 study, and Bond and Smith's 1996 study; discusses Hodges's and Geyer's 2006 re-examination of Asch's findings; and examines Stanley Milgram's study of obedience. Outlines factors influencing obedience and conformity and shows how age, self-esteem, and culture influence compliance. It also discusses the cognitive process of groupthink; outlines its symptoms; and introduces key strategies for overcoming it.
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