What is the nature of obedience? A question that two leading scientists of the 1960’s tried to answer. At the heart of the cycle of enquiry stands Stanley Milgram with his initial experiment on obedience performed in 1963. The research results were so notorious that it determined scientists like Charles Hofling to replicate the study‚ and in 1966‚ he completed a conceptual replication of Milgram’s experiment. First we will look at how the two studies explore a similar topic using a different design
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Brief Description of Client Laura Parker is a forty-five year old female who lives in Lacey‚ WA. She is single and a mother to a grown son. Laura is a recovering drug addict; she has been clean now for eight months. She has been diagnosed with schizophrenia‚ anxiety‚ and experiences constant auditory hallucinations. These auditory hallucinations tell her to do cruel things to herself and others. A majority of the acts she is being told to do by the voices are illegal. When the voices are overpowering
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right thing to do. Obedience is key for these type of issues. Just like when parents tell their children to do chores‚ they are gonna take that command and do what they are told. Why do we do that? That’s what we are trying to find out with the Milgram Experiment. Some people just aren’t leaders. Some just like to be told what to do so they have next to no responsibility. They don’t like to worry about what happens if something goes wrong. “Germans were particularly obedience to authority figures
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In society‚ authority and its rules are respected by people in the community through acts of obedience. Authority is not only the government laws‚ but can also be people with a higher status‚ such as parents‚ teachers‚ or employment managers. As long as people obey those with authoritative power‚ they will receive rewards‚ or at least avoid punishment‚ even when the command requires unjust actions towards another person. For example‚ Hitler’s propaganda that made the Germans believe that the Jews
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According to the Bible‚ after Jesus was arrested by religious leaders‚ the apostles‚ his closest followers‚ fled his side. The apostle Peter was later recognized as one of Jesus’ companions by the people who helped arrest him. Peter‚ however‚ denied even knowing Jesus three times. Peter believed that‚ should he remain faithful‚ he would be granted eternal life by God‚ and he knew that denying Jesus was a grave sin. However‚ his fear of his accusers caused him to err‚ and to stray from what he believed
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In this experiment explores the idea that obedience is as basic an element in the structure of social life as one can point to. We as human beings are prone to obey‚ it is in our nature rooted from our ancestors; we obey to fit in and stay in the social trends. Milgram’s experiment was simple‚ it
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There are a lot of deaths in “Jurassic Park‚” but the one that was most weird and out of the ordinary; is Ian Malcolm’s death. There are a lot of reasons that are out there‚ but I’m going to pick the main ones that stick out there for me. First one I really strongly believe this is he going to be in second book which is “Jurassic Park: The Lost World”. Which I haven’t read it; yet. The second one is that maybe he just had it coming to him. He probably just couldn’t survive his injury. 3rd thing is
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Othello: Shakespeare vs. Parker To create an adaptation of a literary work is not an easy task‚ especially if it is a classic work by man named Shakespeare. Today movies are expected to be packed with drama‚ action‚ and sex. True‚ Othello contains all of these‚ but it certainly isn’t a blockbuster by today’s standards. When Shakespeare wrote Othello‚ viewing the play was an event in itself‚ not an hour and a half thrill ride that today’s viewer have come to expect. This was Parker’s dilemma
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Chapter Nine is a turning point in the plot of Ian McEwan’s Enduring Love. In the former chapters‚ Joe and Clarissa witness a ballooning accident in which a man dies. This event is an emotional shock for both of them. On that day‚ they meet Jed Parry‚ a Christian fanatic. The same night‚ he phones Joe saying “I love you”‚ but Joe‚ too scared of Parry and of worrying Clarissa hangs up and says that it is a wrong number (p. 37). Few days after‚ Joe confesses about it to Clarissa‚ adding that Parry
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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson tells us about the absurdness of blind obedience. The story begins when the people of the village began to gather in the square. Some of the children are gathering stones. The narrator was like making a warning earlier in the story by mentioning the pile of stones and the way the older people distance themselves from it. "They stood together‚ away from the pile of stones in the corner‚ and their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed
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