User:Jacobnlloren/Social experiment

Lead
Intentional communities are generally considered social experiments.

History
Field social experiments had proved to be efficient as it reflects real life due to their natural setting.

Ethics
Researchers also believed that the impact of Informal Social Experiments via social media videos may have negative consequences on formal social marketing research as well as the society in general, detailing that while Informal Social Experiments address moral and social issues such as child safety, self-confidence, etc., producers of these social experiments might do it for their gain and benefits.

Bystander Apathy (Effect)
Based on the murder of Kitty Genovese outside her home, The New York Times stated that there were 38 witnesses who either saw or heard the fatal stabbing take place, and not a single person came to her aid. Although this number was proven to be exaggerated, this murder was coined "bystander apathy" by social psychologists Bibb Latané and John Darley in 1968.

Each participant was in a cubicle in contact with the other via a microphone; however, only one voice was allowed to speak at a time. A taped recording was played of a participant having an epileptic seizure. When the participant believed themselves to be alone they invariably attempted to find help. Two reasons were offered by Latané and Darley: first is the diffusion of responsibility, and second is pluralistic ignorance or the mentality that if nobody else is helping, then I am not needed as well.

Highscope
After the program, the educational and life outcomes for the children receiving the program were much superior to the outcomes for the children not receiving the program.

Experiments by Muzafer Sherif
(with researchers doubling as counselors)

Bobo doll experiment
another group would observe an adult with non-aggressive behaviors, and the last group would not be exposed to any behavior models. The study found the preschoolers exposed to aggressive behavior had imitated aggressiveness towards the doll, regardless of gender. The other two groups showed significantly less hostility towards the doll. The study had shown aggressive and non-aggressive behaviors were learned by observing others and had a significant effect on the subjects even after the study was concluded.

Stanford marshmallow experiment
The Stanford marshmallow experiment was a study done by psychologist Walter Mischel on delayed gratification in the early 1970s.

Asch Conformity experiment
The Asch experiment took place at Swarthmore College in 1951. Solomon Asch conducted an experiment to investigate the extent to which social pressure from a majority group could affect a person to conform.

Hawthorne experiment
Several conclusions were made after the experiments finished:


 * When employees had more freedom to choose their own conditions and output standards, their productivity increased.
 * Social interaction played an important role in the creation of a high level of group cohesion.
 * People tend to put more effort when they feel their worth and cooperate with each other.

The Button
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Place
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