Stanley Milgram ’s Experiment In Stanley Milgram ’s essay Some Conditions of Obedience and Disobedience to Authority‚ the self-proclaimed "social psychologist" conducted a study while working as a psychologist at Yale University. The primary goal of Milgram ’s experiment was to measure the desire of the participants to shock a learner in a controlled situation. The experiment was based on three primary roles: the authoritative figure‚ the learner‚ and the teachers. The authoritative figure instructed
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Examine the problems some sociologists may face when using experiments in their research. (20 marks) (January 2009) MODEL ANSWER Experiments are the preferred scientific method. There are two main types of experiments. The classic scientific experiment takes place in a laboratory in controlled conditions. By contrast field experiments take place in more natural but less controlled experiments. Although experiments are very successful in science they are rarely used in Sociology for the following
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given crop? In our experiment‚ we examine the effects of water on corn. Corn is a vital crop to North America‚ and there is a wide draw to maximizing crop yields. To determine the effects of different amounts of water‚ we tested plants with various watering times according to a schedule. All of the plants experienced all of the same conditions‚ except for the quantities of water
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Professor Philip Zimbardo‚ leader of the Stanford prison experiment considered three questions before initiating one of the most significant experiments to human phycology. He asked; ‘What happens when you put good people in an evil place? Does the situation outside of you come to control your behaviour? Or do the things inside you such as your attitudes‚ your values and your morality etc. allow you to rise above a negative environment? The experiment was intended to last two weeks‚ but was terminated
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prison make the inner demon come out in the prisoner/guard or is the prisoner /guard already wired that way? The Stanford Prison Experiment was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. This experiment was led by a psychology professor named Philip Zimbardo‚ he had the help of a team of researchers. The purpose of this particular experiment was to induce disorientation‚ depersonalization‚ and DE individualization in the participants. After a period of time behind bars
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totally renewed my concept about authority and its effect on human. People are taught to respect authority since we are young. We know we have to obey our parents in family‚ obey our teachers in schools and obey the law in the society. This ethic constitutes a stable and systemic society and that is why I believe authority is a necessary element for the prosperity of a society. However‚ I have never expected that authority has such thorough effect on human that it even overwhelms people’s fundamental
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horrifying medical experiments that took place involving concentration camp prisoners as “test” patients. Not only did these experiments violate the basic rights of human beings‚ but they were an absolute insult to humanity. While this topic is a very uncomfortable‚ and one that makes you question the minds of the people who conducted these experiments‚ it is one that is necessary so that we may become educated and not allow history to repeat itself. Over thirty experiments were conducted on prisoners
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Abstract The experiment aims to observe if simpler substrates makes the rate of cellular respiration faster. Using yeast‚ smith fermentation tubes and different substrates namely‚ starch‚ lactose‚ sucrose‚ glucose and fructose‚ which are from different kinds of carbohydrates‚ ranging from the simplest sugars glucose and fructose to the polysaccharide starch and water as the control‚ the hypothesis was tested. With the span of thirty minutes with five-minute intervals‚ the height of carbon dioxide
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Environmental Variables and their effect on Horseradish Peroxidase Abstract There are several factors that can affect the rate of reaction of peroxidase such as temperature‚ pH‚ concentration of peroxidase present and whether or not it has been boiled. Our experimental data demonstrated that peroxidase activity peaked between 23 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees Celsius. We found the pH to be 7 for optimal activity. As far as the concentration is concerned our results showed that as the concentration
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Investigating the effects of changing temperature on the activity of enzymes Background information: Renin is an enzyme that catalyses the coagulation of milk. It is found in the stomach of many animals and is used in making cheeses and junkets. It is found in the gastric juices or gastric mucosa of many mammals‚ including humans. In the human stomach‚ particularly those of infants‚ rennin works to curdle milk so that pepsin‚ another stomach enzyme‚ can further breakdown the proteins into absorbable
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