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    The Milgram Experiment

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    The Milgram Experiment Outline Topic: The Milgram experiment I) The experiment A) Who was involved with the experiment? B) How they got participants C) What the subjects thought was happening i)Learning Task ii) Memory Study iii) Electric shock for wrong answer iv) “Prods” to continue the shocks D) What actually happened i) It was a test for obedience not memory ii) Vocal response from the victims

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    Obedience

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    Obedience Some of the darkest times in history have resulted from passive obedience‚ not from large acts of violence. Howard Zinn‚ a social activist‚ once stated “Historically‚ the most terrible things – war‚ genocide‚ and slavery – have resulted not from disobedience‚ but from obedience.” In many instances‚ leaders or dictators have taken over a specific group of people and caused them to obey their commands by frightening them with authority. Obedience appears as the main cause of war‚ genocide

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    The Evils of Obedience

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    The Evils of Obedience If one was to be asked to follow through with an order to inflict pain on another human being‚ would they obey this order? Many would answer “Never!” Yet‚ humans have been following orders such as these since the beginning of time‚ for example‚ the Holocaust or the murdering of innocent civilians during the Vietnam War. Some may think these people are psychopaths‚ but could they also be ordinary people followings the orders of a higher power or simply being influenced by

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    conformity and obedience

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    This Essay will discuss the factors influencing the behaviour of Mark‚ in relation to conformity and obedience. Should he comply and obey with his officer’s strict instructions to work alone‚ or will he stop to help a fellow trainee. Mark is a soldier on training in the Brecon Beacons‚ he is under order to work alone and not to stop to help anyone. Mark is working well and is on track with about 5 other soldiers who he already knows. Whilst running through the country‚ Mark hears a colleague (whom

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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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    Obedience to Authority

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    research is “Obedience of soldiers to authority depicted in Saving Private Ryan novel by Max Allan Collins” 1.2 Field and Object of the study The field of study in this research is literature while the object of this research is novel entitled Saving Private Ryan by Max Allan Collins. This research focuses on how chosen soldiers who got order to save Ryan respond and obey the superior authority. Also‚ this research will apply sociological psychology of obedience criticism theory and use psychological

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    Milgram Experiment

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    OCourtney Galfano English 1102 Holdway Obedience Stanely Milgram created an experiment involving Yale students to injure a third party using electric shocks and studied how many students would follow orders and go along with the experiment. The experiment consisted of two people‚ a leaner and a teacher. The teacher would be placed at a table containing many different buttons and switches that were labeled from slight shock to severe shock. Then the learner‚ who was an actor‚ was strapped

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    Conformity and Obedience

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    Conformity and Obedience The desire to be accepted and belong to a group is an undeniable human need. But how does this need affect an individual? Social psychologists have conducted numerous experiments and concluded that‚ through various forms of social influence‚ groups can change their members ’ thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior. In her essay "Group Minds‚" Doris Lessing discusses our paradoxical ability to call ourselves individuals and our inability to realize that groups define

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    The Milgram Experiment

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    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 of psychology at Yale. The experiment wanted to show the obedience in people to the authority in others by creating a fake “shocking machine“. Lauren Slater quotes in the book Opening Skinners Box “In Milgrams view‚ any

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    Assessing Obedience

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    ASSESSING OBEDIENCE Obedience is a characteristic ingrained in every person. No matter who a person is‚ there is always a more authoritative figure that they must obey to. Stanley Milgram‚ a psychologist at Yale University‚ conducted experiments that tested obedience towards authority. These experiments were conducted in 1963 at Yale University. The experiments Milgram performed gained many different reactions from people. Two authors that wrote their thoughts on the experiments done by Milgram are Diana

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