continue” (Nevid & Rathus‚ p. 245). Should one resist and not obey the authority figures that made the immoral request? Stanley Milgram a Psychologist at Yale University did research study on this question. Milgram decision to study this question of obedience was rooted in his Jewish heritage and his determination to better understand the atrocities of the holocaust. In (1963) Milgram placed an advertisement
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In a series of experiments regarding obeying authority‚ Stanley Milgram found that “the physical presence of an authority is an important force contributing to the subject’s obedience or defiance”. Milgram concluded from his study that the proximity of an authoritative figure plays a huge role in determining whether or not the subject carried out the experiment. Specifically in
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The Controversy of Obedience A classic experiment on the natural obedience of individuals was designed and tested by a Yale psychologist‚ Stanley Milgram. The test forced participants to either go against their morals or violate authority. For the experiment‚ two people would come into the lab after being told they were testing memory loss‚ though only one of them was actually being tested. The unaware individual‚ called the “teacher” would sit in a separate room‚ administering memory related
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include all those people who were obedient to Hitler‚ and killed innocent people in the Holocaust. For instance‚ Stanley Milgram‚ in his article‚ Perils of Obedience‚ writes about his experiment‚ of how people obey an authority‚ neglecting their conscience‚ and how this can be a threat to real life experiences. In contrast‚ another Psychologist‚ Diana Baumrind‚ in her article‚ "Review of Stanley Milgram’s experiments on obedience‚" states that Milgram’s experiment was unsuccessful for many reasons; and
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inflicted upon another person. "The Perils of Obedience" by Stanley Milgram reports on his controversial experiment that test how far individuals would go in obeying orders‚ even if carrying out those orders caused serious harm to others. This experiment caused a lot of controversy and one woman in particular believed that this experiment was immoral. Diana Baumrind’s "Review of Stanley Milgram’s Experiments on Obedience" says that Milgram "entrapped" (329) his subjects and potentionally harmed his
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Stanley Milgram Milgram‚ Stanley. Behavioral Study of Obedience (1963). Question? Why would people obey a legitimate authority figure even if they were asked to do something that was clearly and morally wrong? Hypothesis Milgram want to test the GADH (German’s Are Different Hypothesis)‚ which was currently being used by historians to explain the systematic destruction of millions of Jews‚ Poles and other’s in the 1930’s and 1940’s. This hypothesis maintains • Hitler could not have
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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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Stanley Milgram: ’electric shock’ experiments (1963) - also showed the power of the situation in influencing behaviour. 65% of people could be easily induced into giving a stranger an electric shock of 450V (enough to kill someone). 100% of people could be influenced into giving a 275V shock. The Milgram Experiment Stanley Milgram (1963) Experiment: Focusing on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience. Investigate: Whether Germans were particularly obedient to authority
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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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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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