Group Behavior: Fresh Take

  • Understand the concept of conformity and the difference between normative and informational social influence
  • Describe Stanley Milgram’s experiment and its implications
  • Describe group dynamics such as groupthink, group polarization, deindividuation, or social loafing
  • Describe aggression and bullying
  • Explain the bystander effect and reasons people may not choose to help others

Conformity and Obedience

Consider examples of social influence and groupthink and review the concepts you learned previously about conformity and obedience in the following CrashCourse video:
You can view the transcript for “Social Influence: Crash Course Psychology #38” here (opens in new window).

Aggression and the Bystander Effect

Watch this CrashCourse video to review aggression, the bystander effect, and why people choose to help:

You can view the transcript for “Aggression vs. Altruism: Crash Course Psychology #40” here (opens in new window).