Since there were 350 PAID dancers, I think it's safe to surmise that most of the people there weren't actually conforming. There were a couple of comments from people who claimed they were there too and "danced a little." Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:13 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > So I had to google flash mob to learn more about it. Geez, am I getting old > or what if I don't know about this stuff? > > Anyway, here is a link to one from CNN > http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/09/uk.station.flashmob/index.html > > Yeah, I know, I should learn to do the tiny url thing....ok, here it is and > I hope it works: > http://tinyurl.com/byrekb > > Anyway, as Jim pointed out, it's not really a flashmob if it's created for > a marketing purpose. > > So, now, the previous question--would this be an instance of conformity as > described in classic social psychology? Would it be true for any type of > flashmob, whether actually set up via social networks, or commercially set > up? Still seems to have the same effect of people following along with what > someone else is doing. > > Annette > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > 619-260-4006 > [email protected] > > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:11:35 -0500 > >From: Jim Matiya <[email protected]> > >Subject: RE: [tips] Fw: A Celebration of Life > >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" < > [email protected]> > > > > Annette, > > It is called the T-Mobile dance...it's an > > advertisement using a pseudo flashmob and a little > > classical conditioning.... > > > > Jim > > > > Jim Matiya > > Florida Gulf Coast University > > [email protected] > > > > Contributor, for Karen Huffman's Psychology in > > Action, Video Guest Lecturettes > > > > John Wiley and Sons. > > > > > > > > Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to > > > > http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ > > > > High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology > > Graphic Organizers, > > > > Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at > > www.Teaching-Point.net > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: [tips] Fw: A Celebration of Life > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:54:14 -0700 > > > > OK, so what psychological principle should this fall under? Conformity? > > > > Annette > > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. > > Professor of Psychology > > University of San Diego > > 5998 Alcala Park > > San Diego, CA 92110 > > 619-260-4006 > > [email protected] > > > > --- > > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > > > --Forwarded Message Attachment-- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: Fw: A Celebration of Life > > Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:11:24 -0700 > > > > This is kool!! > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 9:59 AM > > Subject: A Celebration of Life > > This commercial was > > shot at the London ’s Liverpool > > Street Subway > > Station in London a few months ago > > (15th January 2009). Only > > the dancers knew what was happening; the > > general public didn't have a clue what was about to > > unfold. This YouTube > > site has had over 2 million hits. > > http://www.you > > tube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM > > > > --- > > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) -- "We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children." - Jimmy Carter "Are our children more precious than theirs?" --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
