Manipulation and Control Experiments are used to get a better understanding of things. They help expand our knowledge on anything from diseases, mental illnesses, and why we as human beings act the way we do. In Stanley Milgram’s experiment “The Perils of Obedience” and Phillip Zimbardo’s “The Stanford Prison Experiment” we learned just how far some would go with the power they are given. Zimbardo’s and Milgram’s experiments showed how having the slightest bit of power can corrupt one’s morals. Having power isn’t always for the better, many seize to take advantage.
In Milgram’s experiment he granted his subjects the power to give another person, the learner, an electric shock every time they answered a question wrong. The subjects knew that …show more content…
In Zimbardo’s prison experiment it showed just how fast people could take advantage of their power. Twenty-four undergraduates were picked to play the part of either a prisoner or guard. The prisoners were then stuck in a cell for 24 hours and followed the orders of the guards. The guards quickly took advantage of the control they had over the prisoners. They began to be aggressive and abusive towards their prisoners. The prisoners did not take to that very well, some cried and obtained anxiety. The study was set to last fourteen days, they did not make it the full two weeks. They ended the experiment in six days because of how brutal the guards became. In Kendra Cherry’s article “The Stanford Prison Experiment: A Closer Look at Zimbardo’s Infamous Prison Study” it states that “Even the researchers themselves began to lose sight of the reality of the situation. Zimbardo, who acted as the prison warden, over looked the abusive behavior of the jail guards…” Zimbardo and the other researches became too caught up in the experiment that they themselves actually abused their power too. Zimbardo being the one in charge should not have overlooked the guard’s behavior to the prisoners, if the experiment actually went the full fourteen days serious damage could’ve been done to the prisoners. It is not Zimbardo’s fault that his guards mistreated the prisoners but, he being the higher authority should have put a stop at once to the
In Milgram’s experiment he granted his subjects the power to give another person, the learner, an electric shock every time they answered a question wrong. The subjects knew that …show more content…
In Zimbardo’s prison experiment it showed just how fast people could take advantage of their power. Twenty-four undergraduates were picked to play the part of either a prisoner or guard. The prisoners were then stuck in a cell for 24 hours and followed the orders of the guards. The guards quickly took advantage of the control they had over the prisoners. They began to be aggressive and abusive towards their prisoners. The prisoners did not take to that very well, some cried and obtained anxiety. The study was set to last fourteen days, they did not make it the full two weeks. They ended the experiment in six days because of how brutal the guards became. In Kendra Cherry’s article “The Stanford Prison Experiment: A Closer Look at Zimbardo’s Infamous Prison Study” it states that “Even the researchers themselves began to lose sight of the reality of the situation. Zimbardo, who acted as the prison warden, over looked the abusive behavior of the jail guards…” Zimbardo and the other researches became too caught up in the experiment that they themselves actually abused their power too. Zimbardo being the one in charge should not have overlooked the guard’s behavior to the prisoners, if the experiment actually went the full fourteen days serious damage could’ve been done to the prisoners. It is not Zimbardo’s fault that his guards mistreated the prisoners but, he being the higher authority should have put a stop at once to the