Social Thinking: Crash Course Psychology #37

Why do people do bad things? Is it because of the situation or who they are at their core? In this week s episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank works to shed a little light on the ideas of Situation vs. Personality. Oh, and we ll have a look at the Stanford Prison Experiment... It s alarming. If you are currently in need of help: http://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/ Want more videos about psychology? Check out our sister channel SciShow Psych at https://www.youtube.com/scishowpsych! -- Chapters: Introduction: Social Psychology 00:00 Attribution Theory 01:29 Fundamental Attribution Error 2:22 Dual-Process Theory of Persuasion 3:18 "Foot-in-the-door" Phenomenon 4:14 Stanford Prison Experiment 5:13 Cognitive Dissonance Theory 8:08 Review & Credits 9:46 -- Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecrashcourse/ CC Kids: http://www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids