Milgram‚ S. (1974) Obedience to Authority. Predictions and variations conclusion. Summary of Milgram’s study detailing the average levels of shock ‘teachers’ administered and the percentage of ‘teachers’ administering the maximum voltage with results reported by prediction and type of authority variation. The data shows during the experimental conditions the highest average voltage that ‘teachers’ stopped administering shocks was in the original study (368 Volts) with the highest percentage of
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The Milgram experiment‚ as it is now called‚ was considered a turning point in social psychology and the science of obedience. In a new study from Poland‚ a group of researchers wanted to see if the premise held up. That is‚ 50 years later‚ would people still respond to an authority figure in the same way as they did in Milgram’s original experiment? "Upon learning about Milgram’s experiments‚ a vast majority of people claim that ’I would never behave in such a manner‚’" study co-author Tomasz
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In order to explain the relationship between discipline and obedience from a Montessori perspective‚ it would be useful define and compare the more common explanations of these terms with the interpretations of Maria Montessori. The development of the child within the Montessori setting and in particular the maturational development of discipline‚ obedience and the will shall then be discussed. In so doing‚ a very close and almost symbiotic relationship between all three will become apparent. Discipline
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P3 - Outline what is meant by the terms ‘conformity’ and ‘obedience’ with reference to the public services. Obedience and Conformity are both highly looked upon in the public service sector‚ this is because to be a successful team in public services you have to be able to work together successfully as a team and obedience and conformity both are a desired attribute when the public service department are recruiting. Conformity- when you change your behaviour or actions to fit in with people
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Stanley Milgram’s (1963) study of behavioral obedience sought to understand the nature that drives humans to submit to destructive obedience. In his study‚ Milgram deceived his subject volunteers into believing that the experiment they were submitting themselves to involved learning about the effects of punishment on learning. Under this pretext‚ a subject “teacher” was to administer electric shocks to a confederate “learner” for every wrong answer in a word-pairing exercise. The subject was to administer
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Bonus Reflection Paper on the Kawakami Paper and Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Study Ella Price In Kerry Kawakami’s paper “Mispredicting Affective and Behavioural Response to Racism” the paradox of remarking upon how strongly overt prejudice is condemned within modern society and the acts of why blatant racism still frequency occurs were scientifically examined (Kawakami‚ K.‚ Dunn‚ E.‚ Karmali‚ F.‚ & Dovidio‚ F‚ D.‚ 2009). The results of this study were truly astonishing‚ yet
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Parents often demand respect and obedience from their children by being authoritative: “You have to do what I told you to do‚ because I am your parent.” Period. Likewise‚ some bosses demand respect and obedience from their subordinates by being controlling: “You have to do what I told you to do.” Period. The truth is‚ if you demand respect and obedience‚ your children or subordinates may do what you want‚ out of helplessness and fear‚ but they don’t necessarily respect you and obey you from their
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Ethical Concerns Arising from Milgram’s Study of Obedience- a Plan Begin with deception-note it is one of the most prominent and highly debated ethical issues from Milgram’s study. Present argument against Milgram’s use of deception in his study: put participants under a lot of distress‚ believing they were harming another individual. Then present counter-argument: experiment would not have been effective if teachers new of the confederation between experimenter and learner‚ the experiment would
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This document includes PSYCH 555 Week 6 Individual Assignment Influences of Conformity and Obedience Paper Psychology - General Psychology Prepare a 1‚750 to 2‚100-word paper in which you evaluate the effect of group influence on the self using classical and contemporary literature. Be sure to address the following in your paper: Compare and contrast the concepts of conformity and obedience. Analyze a classical study concerning the effect of group influence on the self. Analyze a
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In Stanley Milgram’s‚ The Perils of Obedience‚ Milgram states "obedience is as basic an element in the structure of social life as one can point to."(1) Milgram then shows how submission to that authority goes back as far as Abraham. He makes us look into ourselves and see why we obey these commands against our better judgment. Milgram then goes into detail about the experiment he set up at Yale University to test how much pain a person would inflict on another person just because they were ordered
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