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    Evaluate Milgrams research into obedience. Stanley Milgram (1963) explains why 65% of the people did something they felt was morally wrong‚ that is they went into an agentic state and exhibited some aspects of denial in order to avoid moral strain. However‚ Milgram does not explain why 65% did not obey. In other words‚ it does not explain individual differences as the volunteers in Milgrams experiment seemed to resist the pressure and Milgram does not explain that. To continue‚ the experiment

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    The ABC’s of Nondestructive Weld Examination An understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of each form of nondestructive examination can help you choose the best method for your application BY CHARLES HAYES * Acknowledgement: The Paper was first published  in the Welding Journal May 1997 published by the The American Welding Society‚  550 NW LeJeune Road‚ Miami‚ FL 33126. | CHARLES HAYES  is International Sales/Support Manager‚ The Lincoln Electric Co.‚ Cleveland‚ Ohio. He holds NDT Level

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    Behavioral obedience experiment by Milgram At Yale University an experiment had conducted on behavioral and obedience of the people by Milgram (1963). A total of 40 male volunteers of different age groups between 20 and 50 from New Haven and surrounding communities were selected to participated in the experiment by Milgram (1963). At the starting of the experiment Milgram (1963) wants to differentiate the participants into teachers and learners. So‚ he then asked the participants to draw the slips

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    IB Psychology (HL) Krissy Gear Milgram’s Experiment on Obedience P. 3 July 1961‚ Yale University Psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment to test peoples’ obedience to authority figures. He wanted to see how many people would comply or resist commands by (an idea of) an authority figure. Milgram’s experiment began with two men about twenty to fifty years in age. The participants volunteered through an advertisement and a promise of $4.50 for their

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    Existence of Obedience and Liberty Nadia Boulanger the famous French Composer said‚ “A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.” Through this statement we learn that obedience must be coupled with liberty in order to make something or someone great. This will not be an essay supporting disobedience but will in fact show how the greatest obedience is chosen; not forced upon an individual but the joining of obedience and liberty. In the article “The Perils of Obedience” Stanley

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    Milgram (1963) Behavioural Study of Obedience Thinking like a Psychologist - Evaluating the Core Study What are the strengths and weaknesses of the method used? The method used by Milgram was the laboratory experiment. The main advantage that Milgram had with this method was the amount of control he had over the situation. He controlled what the participants saw‚ heard and experienced and was able to manipulate their behaviour through what they were exposed to. This method also allowed accurate

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    Outline and evaluate research into obedience (Milgram) Milgram carried out a series of studies to try to shed some light on the aspect of human behaviour. He studied a thousand participants who were representative of the general population. He discovered that under certain situational influences most of us would conform to what is needed to be done. His study of obedience was done in a lab in Yale University and the experimenter wore a long grey coat which reinforced his authority and status. Then

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    loyalty‚ trust and anger all playing an important role. However‚ the most prominent theme in Othello‚ is the destructive nature of jealousy. Othello is a play that is consumed with envy and anger‚ with the intent for all characters to become equally destroyed by jealousy‚ which aim Shakespeare completes through the betrayal and manipulations of characters. The development of the destructive nature of jealousy is presented

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    What makes ethical behaviors sometimes immoral? Obedience is one of the really good morals that everyone should have‚ one of the things that people are looking for in people around them and that parents wants their children to have. This valuable moral as much as it is really valued and wanted‚ sometimes is not the best thing to do; sometimes disobeying or saying “NO” is much better‚ but this does not mean that it lost its value and become unethical; rather it means that it is like any other thing

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    In this assignment I will be comparing and contrasting the terms conformity and obedience. I will also be answering the following questions: 1) Does research into conformity and obedience explain the horrors of war atrocities‚ such as The Holocaust‚ the Mi Lai Massacre in Vietnam or the abuse suffered by Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison? 2) Does research into independent behavior suggest these atrocities could be averted in future conflicts? Conformity is a form of social influence in which

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