Tajfel Et Al

question 2

Multiple Choice

Tajfel et al.'s minimal group paradigm experiment found that ______.

• A) people were strongly biased in favour of their own group
• B) people were mostly self-interested
• C) people were biased in favour of the outgroup
• D) people showed a tendency to differentiate their group from the other

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.