© Myles Cook‚ 2006 Milgram’s Agency Theory of Obedience One of the areas that have fascinated psychologists is that of obedience – why does someone obey another? In the period following World War 2‚ the subject became a popular one for researchers fascinated by the amount of obedience shown by the German soldiers in Nazi Germany when faced with orders that resulted in the torture and deaths of millions of Jews. Stanley Milgram‚ a Jew himself‚ decided that the only way to prevent any further
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are generally brought up as children. Describe how Milgram measured obedience. Milgram used 40 american men aged between 20 and 40‚ from a variety of occupations to measure obedience. Describe the sample that was used and outline one strength of this sample from the Milgram study The participants had a variety of occupations‚ such as postal clerk and high school teachers‚ which would have required varying degrees obedience in their everyday jobs. Outline two pieces of evidence from Milgram’s
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example of obedience is present in act one‚ scene two when Gertrude has asked Hamlet to stay home and not return to Wittenberg. Hamlet responds by saying‚ “I shall in all my best to obey you‚ madam.” This explains that his obedience will be accomplished as much as he can. The continuous act of obedience towards the ghost is also shown towards the end of act five when Hamlet has fully avenged his father’s death and kills Claudius by poisoning him. Also‚ Ophelia has also shown obedience towards her
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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 (staged and set beforehand) II) The results A) How many experiments were performed B) How many people were tested C) How many continued the experiment D) The video of obedience E) What types of people were tested‚ and what difference that made F) Differences between each test and results G) High
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Fromm’s essay “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” suggests that humankind’s evolution has‚ and continues to rely on man’s capability to exercise disobedience. While discussing the positions of disobedience being considered a vice‚ and obedience being a virtue‚ Fromm reflects upon the history of Adam and Eve believing that “eating the forbidden fruit” was man’s first act of disobedience. This is the point that broke the bond between man and nature requiring man to be dependant upon his own
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As a Christians‚ I believe that my people use divine command theory approach rather than egoism or act or rule utilitarianism as a basis of the ethical systems. In Christianity‚ Judaism and Islam‚ good and bad are seen as being actually about obedience or disobedience towards god’s law‚ with what “ God said so” ‚ we know what good and bad mean. Of course we still have to find out what is that god wants us to do and that is not always clear. The bible for example has 10 commandments but one of the
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Daniel Parks Freshman Studies Term II Critical Analysis and Milgram’s Response Obedience to Authority and the obedience experiments that produced Stanley Milgram’s famous book have produced almost equal amounts of surprise‚ curiosity and criticism. The criticism of social psychologist John Darley and playwright Dannie Abse are each representative of the general criticism Milgram has received; Darley focuses on whether the study has any relevance to real world events (such as the Holocaust)‚ and Abse
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are a part of group influence and what is known as conformity and obedience. The subject of this paper will compare and contrast the concepts of conformity and obedience‚ analyze a classical and contemporary study concerning the effect of group influence on the self‚ and analyze individual and societal influences that lead to deviance from dominant group norms. A Comparison and Contrast of the Concept of Conformity and Obedience Group influence is a result of changes that result from indirect
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Many people follow orders that they have given them for various of reasons‚ the main two reasons why they follow orders is because they want to fall in the crowd and not be left out. Second reason is followers do not want be viewed as weak. Achebe main some points in the book Things Fall Apart about the main character‚ Okonkwo‚ being viewed as weak‚ “Dazed with fear‚ Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down. He was afraid of being thought weak” (Achebe 61). Okonkwo killed his own son because he
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UNIT 1 Social Psychology Name _________________________Contents Introduction - course outline 3 Social Approach 5 Obedience Milgram Agency Theory Ethical Issues Meuss and Raaijmakers Hofling 7 7 10 12 13 17 Prejudice Social Identity Theory Sherif’s study of prejudice 20 20 22 Key Issue – social approach 26 How Science Works – social approach Social surveys Sampling techniques 28 28 31 Practical – social approach 35
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