Stanley Milgram’s Aims & Context 10.09.2014 Obedience is a direct social influence where a person complies with orders without questioning a person with perceived authority and does a task voluntarily. In the presence of a person of authority‚ the said person has an option of either complying with orders they are given or to disobey‚ and as consequences may be unknown if they do not follow what they are asked to do‚ fear of punishment may influence the person to then respond by submitting
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I. INTRODUCTION Synthesis Acetylsalicylic acid is an acetyl derivative of salicylic acid which appears as a white and crystalline and a weakly acidic substance with a melting point of 135°C and is also known to be aspirin. It is one of the most widely used drugs that can lower fever and is used as a painkiller. According to (Escobel‚ 2011)‚ Aspirin is synthesized through the reaction of salicylic acid with acetyl anhydride that causes a chemical reaction that turns salicylic acid’s hydroxyl group
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selecting and reviewing the article by Zimbardo Revisiting Stanford Prison Experiment‚ by the 1970s‚ psychologists had done a series of studies establishing the social power of groups; they showed‚ for example‚ that groups of strangers could persuade people to believe statements that were obviously false (Zimbardo 2007). Given the Stanford Prison Experiment had some ethical issues and concerns. The research question identified in this study review; Zimbardo wanted to know who wins good people or
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An example of this is: Solomon Asch’s study on conformity. Asch showed a group of people a line on a card (the target line) and then asked them aloud to identify which line (A‚ B‚ or C) matched the original. The answer was always obvious and the true participant always answered last or second last after the confederates had given their answer. The confederates were instructed to give the wrong answer 12 out of 18 trials (known as the critical trials). This meant that the participant had to choose
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II. Synthesis This activity helps me to understand myself better by knowing what people think of me. It aims to foster self-awareness and self-improvement. I found out that my family thinks that I am a responsible person in terms of sense of responsibility. But my brother thinks I’m immature. In terms of duties at home‚ my mother and father understand that I don’t perform my duties because I’m busy with my studies. My sister thinks it too but she justified that I perform when I’m not busy. When
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Kevin Browning Hired Guns What are the limits of the government‚ which the majority cannot override? Does the government have the right to conscript its citizens and send them off to war? This raises the question of consent. Do we own ourselves? Does conscription violate the right of self possession? Mr. Sandel goes into great detail about Locks Government by Consent. The question of conscription or a draft by the military‚ is this action morally or ethically correct? It is discussed
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I think the Milgram and Zimbardo’s results is a good theory for the Holocaust. When the two‚ Instructor and Student‚ were in role play for every wrong answer the instructor would shock the student. At times when the instructor would say‚ “I don’t want to do this” or “I can’t do this” shows he does have a consequence‚ but he continued to still push the trigger. Although it was just an actor playing the role and no one was being shocked it is terrible to see how he continued to go on with the test
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often than not. The extreme willingness of adults to go to almost any lengths on the command of an authority constitutes the chief finding of the study and the fact most urgently demanding explanation." This is from ’perils of obedience’ by Stanley milgram. I enjoyed this
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Zimbardo Prison Experiments The Zimbardo prison experiment was set up to investigate the problem of what the psychological effects for normal people result from being a guard or inmate‚ and in a broader sense are normal people capable of being ‘evil.’ The research question being asked was‚ “How would normal people react to being in a simulated prison environment? In Zimbardo’s own words‚ "Suppose you had only kids who were normally healthy‚ psychologically and physically‚ and they knew they would
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Introduction: Conformity occurs when individuals respond to peer- pressure by changing their behaviour to adapt to what the group of people they’re with do. Solomon Asch conducted a study on conformity in 1951 which addressed the contemplation of conformity and non-conformity as a result of peer pressure; his studies are also relevant to pro-social and anti-social behaviour. Solomon Asch’s experiment was conducted by having five participants and they would sit along side each other at a long
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