Outline: Obedience Synthesis I. Background Information: Obedience defined by Andrew Colman‚ in human behavior‚ is a form of “social functions in which a person yields to explicit instructions or orders from an authory figure". Obedience is generally distinguished from compliance‚ which is behavior influenced by peers‚ and from conformity‚ which is behavior intended to match that of the majority. Obedience can be seen as both a sin and a virtue. No human social organization can function without
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! ! ! ! ! AS PSYCHOLOGY UNIT 2 (PSYA2) ! SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Social Influence 2014-2015 ! ! ! ! ! ! Name: …………………………………………………… Unit 2 – Social Psychology – Social Influence Alton College (Updated Sept 2013) ! THE SPECIFICATION What you need to know: ! Social Influence • Conformity (majority influence) and explanations of why people conform‚ including informational social influence and normative social influence. • Types of conformity‚ including internalisation and compliance. • Obedience
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Obedience In this essay I am going to write on how obedience can affect individuals on how they would normally behave and integrate in society. The meaning of Obedience is a form of social influence where an individual acts in response to a direct order from another individual‚ who is usually an authority figure. It is assumed that without such an order the person would not have acted in this way. (McLeod‚ 2007) Migram (1963) conducted a study on how obedient a person would be to an authority
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actually valid. The experiment was created in the 1960’s after WWII to prove if subconsciously humans were truly evil. Thus‚ proving the Nazis claims to “just be following orders” when they were put on trial for crimes against humanity. In 1961‚ Stanley Milgram began his experiment on obedience by putting an ad in the newspaper asking for 500 white‚ male volunteers from New Haven to do a memory test that they’d receive compensation ($4 an hour) for . But‚ that wasn’t entirely true. When the volunteers arrived
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philosophy. God’s command to Abraham to kill his son‚ being one such example. Many psychologists and writers have thought about‚ discussed and conducted experiments to understand this human characteristic. The psychology experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s and 70s to study obedience to authority among ordinary individuals are‚ perhaps‚ the most significant and startling. (“Baxter”) These experiments were conducted at a time when the world was still struggling to understand the
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time‚ he simply did it (Wiesel 97). In the Perils of Obedience‚ the subject‚ Prozi‚ first “[refused] to take the responsibility” because the subject was in there “hollering” (Milgram 23). Immediately after the Experimenter said that he was “responsible for anything that happens to him”‚ the Prozi simply said “all right” (Milgram 23). This proves that the majority of people in a difficult situation will simply wait for somebody else to take responsibility for any wrong doings‚ or lack of action at all
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Authority‚ published in 1974 by Harper’s magazine‚ Dr. Stanley Milgram studied the effects of authority on “ordinary” people. His findings were astonishing. The obedience to authority figures‚ with no threat of repercussion‚ was not only underestimated‚ but unimaginable. The constant willingness to comply with what was asked of them reminded me of the cult led by Charles Manson‚ specifically the Sharon Tate murders. Dr. Stanley Milgram administered an experiment in which he took subjects and asked
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1. • Discuss ethical considerations in qualitative research. • Discuss ethical considerations related to research studies at the biological level of analysis. • Discuss ethical considerations in research into genetic influences on behaviour. • Discuss ethical considerations related to research studies at the cognitive level of analysis. • Discuss ethical considerations related to research studies at the sociocultural level of analysis. • Discuss cultural and ethical
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Nature vs. Nurture: Who leads the dance? I am writing this essay on nature vs. nurture to try to figure out which is more important. Nature is the side says that our behavior is pre-determined by our genes and DNA. A lot of the nature research has to deal with twin studies and IQ. Nurture is the side that says our environment shapes our behavior. Many people believe we are born a “blank slate”‚ and are influenced to behave a certain way. The conversation on which side is more important has been
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undesirable beliefs. B) inoculation effect: is the treatment in which people are first introduced to the reasons why a belief seems to be correct‚ and then exposed to the reasons why the belief is incorrect. * Zimbardo is to ________________ as Milgram is to _________________. A) deindividuation; obedience * The “banality of evil” refers to the idea that: perfectly normal citizens who follow orders blindly are responsible for most wickedness in the world. * C) 62% * Proximity
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