Essays Tagged: "Milgram"

A Critique Of the Stanford Experiment

riment'The Education of a Torturer' is an account of experiments that has similar resultsto that of Milgram's obedience experimentsthat were performed in 1963. Though bothexperiments vary drastically, ... a hard time believing the statement that they experimenter said. He hadreviewed the work of Stanley Milgram's experiment and how individuals became soviolent. Haney, Banks, and Zimbardo had to of know ...

(2 pages) 227 1 4.2 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

MY LAI MASSACRE AS A RESULT OF OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY. Relates to stanly milgrams experiments and how authority play a part in genocide killings.

n Vietnam was one of the many atrocities of that war. There is an unquestionable connection between Milgram's "Obedience to Authority" and the My Lai Massacre.According to Kelman & Hamilton, "Unque ... valid (Peppers)."A classic example of the power of authoritative factors is provided by Stanley Milgram's study on obedience to authority. College students from Yale University were asked to parti ...

(5 pages) 268 0 4.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Any interpretation of obedience to authority, whether good or bad, or examination of the phenomenology of obedience to authority will lead a reader to make judments on human nature.

good, bad, or maybe even both, and the characteristics they portray represent who they are. In the Milgram and Zimbardo experiments, volunteers were chosen to participate in a group project. Of the t ... tric shocks or placed in a prison, and the scientists were able to observe the subjects' behaviors. Milgram and Zimbardo's experiment was psychologically disturbing and harsh. The way scientists treat ...

(6 pages) 233 0 4.5 Jun/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

This essay indicates to what extent findings from obedience research be applied beyond the research setting.

to do with a person's disposition, to whether they would be obedient or not. A psychologist called Milgram (1974) set out to prove this theory wrong, using one of the most controversial experiments i ... , who was supposedly another participant in the experiment. Mr Wallace was actually an assistant of Milgram. Everything after the real participant's arrival was carefully planned and scripted.The subj ...

(5 pages) 135 2 4.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Was Stanley Milgram's Study of Obedience Unethical

's suffering is quickly and fully alleviated after the experiment. When questioning whether Stanley Milgram's study of obedience is ethical, one must address these questions in the context of his expe ... dience is ethical, one must address these questions in the context of his experiment.The purpose of Milgram's study of obedience was to determine the degree to which a person will be obedient to an au ...

(3 pages) 196 0 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

To what extent can we adequately study people who do not share our views?

aratively powerless groups as research subjects.In psychology, the obedience experiments by Stanley Milgram conducted in the early 1960s led volunteers to believe they were giving people dangerous ele ... investigate the effects of punishment on memory and learning2. Before carrying out his experiments, Milgram consulted a number of experts, including psychiatrists, to gather their opinions as to wheth ...

(12 pages) 277 0 4.6 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Discuss some of the ethical problems faced by psychologists when involved in psychological investigations.

her the conditioning of a subject could induce phobias.Other ethically questionable studies include Milgram (1963) obedience studies, Hofling et al (1966) obedience studies, Aronson and Osherow (1980) ... pinions if colleagues should be sought. However this method isn't always very reliable, for example Milgram (1974) sought the opinion of his colleagues concerning deception needed for his obedience ex ...

(6 pages) 231 1 3.7 Aug/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Experiments on Obedience and getting opinions after pressure.

seeing other people suffer but simply because they think that is their job and they have to do it (Milgram 352).Not all psychologists agree that most people will obey to an order to extent where as a ... sed the lack of parallelism between authority-subordinate relationships in Hitler's Germany. In the Milgram experiments, "All subjects were concerned about their victims and did not trust the experime ...

(8 pages) 240 0 4.4 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

A breif essay outlining the various ethics used in Milgram's famous experiment

Milgram's experiment is not very ethical when compared to the BPS guidelines.ConsentMilgram's subjec ... to make an informed decision about it. As far as the subject was aware, they were 'standing in' for Milgram's partner, and were taking the role as his assistant. In actual fact, Milgram's partner was ... being 'shocked', and great deception was used from the outset.DeceptionDeception was widely used in Milgram's experiment. Right from the start, the subject was deceived by the motives of Milgram's exp ...

(1 pages) 91 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Krishnamurti & Milgram, should Authority ever be Obeyed?

seemed to feel that we need to resist authority, and to be set free from believing what we are told.Milgram also believed, and proved, that we are able to be manipulated by someone in authority to com ... nipulated by someone in authority to commit up to and even including the most atrocious act, murder.Milgram showed in some respects, how something like the atrocities of the Third Reich could occur, b ...

(6 pages) 53 0 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Obediance and Deindividuation

individual can be made to act in direct opposition to their morals and ethics. Studies conducted by Milgram (1963) on obedience have shown that if an individual is ordered to do something by someone w ... led out and held personally responsible for behaviour. The studies conducted by Zimbardo (1973) and Milgram (1963) have been examined and compared in this essay.The notions of obedience and deindividu ...

(9 pages) 107 0 5.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Milgrams Obedience Experiment

In the 1960s, Milgram, then a professor at Yale, recruited ordinary people through a newspaper ad offering them mo ... ough a newspaper ad offering them money to help in a project purporting to improve human memory. In Milgrams experiment two people come into the laboratory where they are told they will be taking part ... into the laboratory where they are told they will be taking part in a study of memory and learning. Milgram was interested in how people obey under authoritative circumstances, using "fake" settings t ...

(2 pages) 75 1 4.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The ethical credibilty of conducting psychological research which involves participants' loss of dignity, self-esteem and trust in rational authority.

mild degree but in some cases however, psychologists have used extreme forms of deception. Stanley Milgrams experiment on deception (1964) is a classic example of an experiment that uses deception an ... e of an experiment that uses deception and has made a mark in psychology history as a result. Using Milgrams experiment and some of the arguments made by Diana Baumrind (1964) against it, we will expl ...

(5 pages) 154 1 3.4 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Compare the different theories of obedience

mpathy, and moral conduct.There are two theories of Obedience; one of these was proposed by Stanley Milgram which was called "Agency theory". This theory suggests that individual conscience can operat ... ir justification for their behaviour is that they acted that way because they were ordered to do so.Milgram explained we are socialised into developing the capacity for the agentic state during childh ...

(5 pages) 134 2 4.6 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Authority and Obedience should always be questioned

he command of obedience? Countless experiments have been performed, some of the most renowned being Milgram's electroshock teacher/learner experiment and Zimbardo's prison experiment. History is stric ... was the typical excuse of he was "only following orders", and this caught the attention of Stanley Milgram. As David Myers explained in his book, Exploring Psychology, in 1974 Milgram was a professor ...

(14 pages) 202 3 5.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The Art Of 0-day

sely many times. There were various levels of electric ranging from a mild shock to a severe shock. Milgram found that 60% of the subjects gave shocks right up to the maximum level. MilgramÂ&acu ... War. He wanted to discover how easily individuals could become an instrument of authority. Although Milgram did this using scientific method, he did so by setting up a laboratory situation far removed ...

(4 pages) 10 0 0.0 Dec/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Sociology and Socialization

tor playing a role in a stage play where their lives and lines have already been written for them. (Milgram, 1992)BibliographyMilgram, S., 1992, The Individual in The Social World, MacGraw-HillWoodwar ...

(1 pages) 47 0 0.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Critique of Milgram

In Stanley Milgram?s article ?The Perils of Obedience?, the Yale Psychologist, he conducted the new experiments ... experiments, which test how the ordinary people will reaction to commands of the obedience. Stanley Milgram taught and conducted research at Yale and Harvard universities and at the Graduate Center, C ... d Outcome,? ?Peculiar Reactions,? ?The Etiquette of Submission,? and ?Duty without Conflict.? After Milgram published this article, there was two psychologist wrote the reviews expressing their opinio ...

(4 pages) 54 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Psychology Ethics

mild degree but in some cases however, psychologists have used extreme forms of deception. Stanley Milgrams experiment on deception is a classic example of an experiment that uses deception and has m ... e of an experiment that uses deception and has made a mark in psychology history as a result. Using Milgrams experiment and some of the arguments made by Diana Baumrind against it, we will explore the ...

(3 pages) 57 0 4.0 Jul/2010

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Evaluating Ethics in Psychology

mild degree but in some cases however, psychologists have used extreme forms of deception. Stanley Milgrams experiment on deception is a classic example of an experiment that uses deception and has m ... e of an experiment that uses deception and has made a mark in psychology history as a result. Using Milgrams experiment and some of the arguments made by Diana Baumrind against it, we will explore the ...

(3 pages) 26 0 0.0 Sep/2010

Subjects: Science Essays