them and committing horrific acts. Obedience is the process by which an individual complies with the instruction given by an authoritative figure. It is different to conformity which is when an individual changes their behaviour to fit in with a group. In obedience an instruction must be given to follow whereas in conformity there is no instructions given and individual chooses to change due to group pressure. It is important to conduct research into obedience
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“Behavioral Study of Obedience” Stanley Milgram Shashi Bhatt “Behavioral Study of Obedience” Stanley Milgram The Milgram’s experiment on Obedience to authority figure was a series of experiment in social psychology conducted by Stanley Milgram. The experiment measured the willingness of study participants to obey authority figure‚ which instructed them to perform acts that conflicted with their personal conscience. It has been understood before this experiment that people tend to obey
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INFLUENCES OF CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE Influences of Conformity and Obedience Adrienne Alexander PSYCH 555 Dr. Jay Greiner Applications of Social Psychology • Make connections between social psychology and other disciplines. Social psychology is closely related to three other disciplines: personality psychology‚ organizational psychology‚ and sociology (social work is sometimes confused with social psychology
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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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society. According to Zimbardo in “ Obedience to Authority‚” he asked the students during the spring term to reverse role and lecture him a topic that would interest him. One group of students‚ led by David Jeffe‚ decided to do a lecture on the psychology of imprisonment‚ and they spent the weekend before presentation in a mock prison learning session.
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to the speaker of the house‚ wise adjudicators‚ timekeepers‚ fellow ministers of the government‚ members of the opposition‚ and fellow parliamentarians of this august house. I am 2nd speaker of the government side‚ and will be presenting my team’s reply speech. Our motion for today is ‘This house believes that it is better for women to be homemakers than to pursue a career". We as the government strongly support this motion and have given you solid reasons to support our stand. Now ladies and gentlemen
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Obedience is omnipresent; it is difficult to differentiate between obedience and conformity‚ therefore it is a complicated subject of social psychology. However‚ Stanley Milgram was devoted to understand the phenomena of obedience‚ and created a dramatic masterpiece. Interested in many different aspects of life‚ Stanley Milgram was an influential key figure in psychology. However his work on the field of obedience is respected and still exiting for both psychologists and lay people. The aim of this
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definition. Furthermore‚ explaining the objection to Computationalism‚ known as Searle’s Chinese Room argument. I will be stating and evaluating the premises of the Chinese Room argument‚ and explaining the Robot Reply. I will be concluding by giving a reply to Searle’s argument and the Robot Reply. The basic concept of Computationalism suggests that the mind functions computationally; cognition and consciousness are bridged as a form of computation. Computationalism declares the brain functions as a
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Obedience to Authority: A Brief Summary of Milgram’s Research and Current Research’s Position on Milgram’s Findings Introduction Throughout history people have followed directives given by other people‚ such as ‘do this’‚ ‘follow these rules’‚ ‘listen to me’‚ and ‘do as I say’. In fact‚ governments have rules‚ laws and norms of their society so that people will obey the laws and behave in a civilized manner. How is it then that individual’s will go against and contest their own values and morals
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Milgram’s research on obedience: how and why it can help student nurses The report aims to: Describe the main aspects of Milgram’s study on Obedience Explain why and how this research can be used to help prepare student nurses for working on hospital wards Contribute to the understanding of some of the challenges nurses may face in their working practices Background Stanley Milgram‚ a psychologist from Yale University‚ conducted a series of experiments on obedience to explain some of the
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