out such a horrific ordeal? Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram created an experiment that attempts to prove that evil can exist in what we would consider "normal" people. Milgram‚ wanted to see the extreme measures one would go to when a higher power of authority delivered an order. Milgram simulated an electric chair which an actor was told to pretend to act out in pain when a student was told to deliver current in to the chair. The experiment was for the student to shock the actor in the chair every
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2004). Some of the most memorable and influential studies in the field of psychology depict individuals near hysteria at the sight of an individual in a lab coat as shown by Milgrams (1974) work on obedience and authority (Cialdini and Goldstein‚ 2004). This is also depicted in Asch’s (1956) line-judgement conformity experiments where individuals were observed to see if they would pit their own knowledge of correct response against other’s incorrect responses (Cialdini and Goldsteien‚ 2004). In both
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24/7. Even after the prisoners were harmed physically and psychological the study continued. It was not until Zimbardo’s graduate assistant and current wife‚ Christine Maslach‚ mentioned her worries about the events that were happening was the experiment terminated. I also felt that by Zimbardo because apart of the study was not a good idea. Zimbardo had a dual relationship with in the study‚ as the researcher and the prison warden. By becoming the prison warden‚ one can say that the guards felt
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(laissez-faire in French means “leave it alone”). (Macionis‚ 2013. P110). The Danish government adopted this style of leadership and allowed cannabis to be smoked and allowed open prostitution. 3.What does the research by Solomon Asch and Stanley Milgram show us about the ability of social groups to affect the opinions and behavior of group members? The research showed that people when under pressure by peers or an authoritative figure conform. Solomon Asch (1952) recruited students for what he told
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believed” to never abandon his father‚ yet at such a difficult 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
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put in a certain situation‚ they would always do the right thing no matter the circumstances. However‚ social experiments such as the Good Samaritan Experiment (Darley and Batson‚1973)‚ the Milgram Shock Experiment (1963)‚ and the Stanford Prison Experiment (Zimbardo‚1973) give psychologists results that say otherwise. The majority of the unknowing participants in these three experiments showed a surprising lack of compassion for a fellow human who (as far as the participant knew) was in pain or
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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 condition: 40% * Someone
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The experiment was about people will respond to authority. In the experiment the teacher who is to obey the order of the authority who was the experimenter also the learner who was the recipient of incentive from the teacher. The teacher was given lists of words to teach the student‚ (learner) and the teacher have to read the original word given him also‚ read the four answers. What the learner would do was to press a button to show his answer. And‚ if the answer was wrong‚ the teacher would shock
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Indecisive disobedience occurs when the individuals in the experiment try to disobey in different ways‚ but they were ineffective at it. I believe that the Milgram experiment was more about indecisive disobedience‚ rather than destructive obedience. The subjects of Milgram’s experiment were consciously aware that what they were doing was wrong‚ since it brought great pain to the “learner‚” but because they were instructed by a legitimate authority to continue the experience‚ they obeyed the experimenter
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Human nature Did anyone ever teach you how to lie? Did anyone show you how to steal? How did you learn to cheat? These basic questions form the basis of our debate. We believe that human nature is essentially evil based on religious sources‚ through human interaction‚ and our animal instinct. In order to understand our human nature we must first understand evil. Evil is the violation of‚ or intent to violate‚ some moral code. Definitions of evil vary‚ however‚ evil is commonly associated
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