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Lecture 22: Social Psychology I

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In this lecture, Prof. Gabrieli introduces key concepts in social psychology such as the fundamental attribution error, cognitive busyness, and social influence. He discusses the Stanford prison and Milgram obedience experiments and the bystander effect.

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