What is the nature of obedience? A question that two leading scientists of the 1960’s tried to answer. At the heart of the cycle of enquiry stands Stanley Milgram with his initial experiment on obedience performed in 1963. The research results were so notorious that it determined scientists like Charles Hofling to replicate the study‚ and in 1966‚ he completed a conceptual replication of Milgram’s experiment. First we will look at how the two studies explore a similar topic using a different design
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Every nation’s government strives to create a system that maintains order in their community. Those who are in charge do not always make decisions that work to increase class equality‚ and as the rich become more powerful‚ the poor become more hostile. Class conflict is inevitable in society because everyone wants to have the same amount of access to the same resources‚ but in reality‚ this is not the case. An equal society is more likely to have an orderly population‚ but different classes of people
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The Milgram Experiment If people decided to just disobey and stop taking orders from authority figures‚ then imagine what kind of world we’d be in. If a cop were to turn his lights on you are gonna pull over because you know that is the right thing to do. Obedience is key for these type of issues. Just like when parents tell their children to do chores‚ they are gonna take that command and do what they are told. Why do we do that? That’s what we are trying to find out with the Milgram Experiment
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In society‚ authority and its rules are respected by people in the community through acts of obedience. Authority is not only the government laws‚ but can also be people with a higher status‚ such as parents‚ teachers‚ or employment managers. As long as people obey those with authoritative power‚ they will receive rewards‚ or at least avoid punishment‚ even when the command requires unjust actions towards another person. For example‚ Hitler’s propaganda that made the Germans believe that the Jews
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feature of IKEA furniture is that they can be self-assembly. The furniture pieces are in small pieces and flatly packed then IKEA customer can assemble the furniture at their homes. Since the furniture is able to be assembled at home‚ customers are willing to take on the task of assembly in return for lower prices. Due to this‚ it also reduces IKEA transport and warehouse costs as well. Generally people have a mindset that the price relates to the quality of goods‚ as in the higher the price the
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Comp 1 2:30-3:45 Risking it All In the article “Kid on Steroids Willing to Risk It All for Success‚” published on nbcnews.com‚ March 3‚ 2008‚ author Jacqueline Stenson‚ examines how professional athletes who are using steroids are having a strong influence on the younger generation to use steroids in order to help their performance and be able to fulfill their dreams of making the pros. Stenson begins by saying students in 8th through 12th grade have admitted to using steroids in a conducted
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‘world order’ Term originated in 1990’s after cold war‚ which refers to states working collectively on world problems which are beyond individual nations to solve. World order issues are that relating to promoting peace and resolving conflicts between states. Describe the need for world order‚ its benefits and the threats to it A result of globalisation is the high level on interdependence between nation states‚ which need to cooperate to ensure economic‚ political and social order. For example
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“Willing suspension in disbelief” in Coleridge’s “The Rime of Ancient Mariner”. “Willing suspension in disbelief” is the method of bringing non-realistic‚ supernatural elements in justification in literature. It is a way through which a writer infuses a “human interest and a semblance of truth” into a fantastic tale‚ the reader would suspend judgment concerning the implausibility of the narrative. This formula refers that the responsibility is on the readers‚ rather than on the writer‚ to achieve
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Freedom‚ Equality‚ Order 1. Select either Shays’ Rebellion or ADA‚ 1990. Discuss how your chosen event/legislation is either an example of Freedom vs. Order or Freedom vs. Equality. I selected Shays’ Rebellion‚ and I learned that the events that happened throughout that rebellion was a Freedom vs. Equality situation because what was happening was that the post-war situation left farmers who’ve been gone for months fighting‚ came home with nothing to show for it and they were still forced to pay
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In this experiment explores the idea that obedience is as basic an element in the structure of social life as one can point to. We as human beings are prone to obey‚ it is in our nature rooted from our ancestors; we obey to fit in and stay in the social trends. Milgram’s experiment was simple‚ it
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