While we view this standard operating procedure one of the things I keep thinking is that many of these people are found caught up in informational social influence and normative social influence. I am just learning about these things in my psychology class and now they are greatly applying in this situation. Informational social influence is the influence other people have on us because we ant to be right. Normative social influence is the influence other people have on us because we want them to like us. We see this taking place with many people who were involved in this procedure. Mostly the women are found doing things such as taking pictures and doing things they know are wrong but someone told them to do it so they do it anyways. A man also came in one day and claimed that because of the nice person he is he just did what they said cause he basically wanted to fit in with other U.S soldiers.
The following Youtube video shows both these types of conformity is a very much less harmful way but shows how people will do things just because others are or because they just want to fit in because they think it is the right thing to do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPsg6ldzUnc&feature=related
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