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    Milgram and Zimbardo

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    had similar results‚ both showing how humans obey authority. Milgram studied obedient on authority. Zimbardo studied why guards and prisoner play that role in prison. The Milgram and Zimbardo experiments showed how humans are so obedient that we are capable of hurting innocent people if ordered to do so. The study of obedience‚ conducted by Milgram‚ was to test how the subject would obey when ordered by the experimenter to adminater a shock to another human. Two experiments were conducted. The first

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    Similarity #1. Participants in both studies had a difficult time ending their participation‚ and most continued all the way until the end. The reasons for this were similar in both studies. Similarity #2. Both Milgram and Zimbardo stated reported the effects of personality differences were very limited. For Zimbardo‚ the only personality characteristic that seemed to have any effect was authoritarianism; and this characteristic was important only for prisoner behavior. Those prisoners who were

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    Assess the contribution of functionalism to our understanding of the family (24marks) Functionalists see the family as providing many important values to society. They believe behaviour is constructed by social forces‚ the government and the individual is made and controlled by society therefore according to this approach every individual is a product of society. Society essentially makes the person‚ but not solely. Family and other contributing factors heavily shape a personality along with their

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    Jane Dutcher Dutcher 1 English 1013 10/18/10 In nineteen sixty-three‚ Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment on obedience to authority figures. It was a series of social psychology experiments which measured the willingness of the study participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts that conflicted with their personal conscience and confronted them with emotional

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    people believe human beings should not be used as test subjects in experiments. The use of human beings for experiments or research can have lasting negative effects on that individual such as emotional and psychological damage. The Milgram experiment even though it was a hoax had a lasting effects on many of it’s participants in both positive and negative ways and is a example of why humans should not be used as test subjects. The Milgram experiment was conducted by Stanley Milgram a assistant professor

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    The Milgram experiment

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    The Milgram experiment The Milgram experiment came about by a Yale University psychologist by the name of Stanley Milgram. The experiment was to test how well the study participants were and the willingness of study participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts that conflicted with what they thought was right. He concluded people obey either out of fear or out of a desire to appear cooperative even when acting against their own better judgment and desires. Stanley

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    “How can Human Resource Management contribute to the success of an engineering business?” Although there is no widely acknowledged definition for the term Human Resource Management‚ as far as I can understand it Human Resource Management is an approach to personnel management that sees people as the key resource of a company. In short it is a system that believes it is important to communicate well with employees and include them in what is going on with the organization‚ to increase the commitment

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    Milgram Study

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    Individual task for CA2. Provide a brief description of the study in your own words (this should be no more than 350 words). Milgram started his obedience study experiments in 1961.He was highly influenced by the defense of criminal Adolph Eichmann used second world war that he was simply following instruction when he ordered death of millions of jews. He carried out his experiment in Yale University to check whether people obey the orders of authority figure to cause pain to a stranger. The

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    affecting our daily way of living. Interior design is derived on our cultural heritage. It can directly or indirectly shape our behavior and it influences our reactions. For example a room painted in red feels warm than another painted in blue. However it ’s the same environment but the color which is an important design element has altered our behavior and way of thinking. The same color itself can trigger different emotions depending on its reference to either symbolic or psychological functions considering

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    Task 1: Describe and discuss aspects of current national legislation‚ which have relevance to managing behaviour in the learning environment. As teachers‚ we have a duty of care to understand and be aware of the current legislation that can have an influence on the management of behaviour in the learning environment. Managing behaviour is an area that can determine that all learners have the right to achieve; therefore‚ it is important that we understand the legal implications fully in an educational

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