Critique Of Stanely Milgram's Experiments

Stanely Milgram was a social phycologist who conducted an experiment in 1963 about nonviolent people being capable of hurting others due to obeying the authority under pressure despite their feeling of remorse. The way the experiment received progression was by having people play the role of a teacher and a learner.The teacher obeys the authority and the learner had to memorize a certain amount of words.If the learner failed to the duty, he would received a punishment of a dose of high voltage shock.Although the purpose of the experiment was to test how the learner was capable of learning, it to was to test the capability of the teacher to continue the experiment whether or not they felt guilt. The way I feel about this experiment is that it is crucial.Although it is an experiment,the …show more content…
On the animation or slideshow, there were three main participants which were the authority,the teacher and student.The authority encouraged the teacher to conduct the acts of the experiment as to the student is responsible for memorizing the words.If the student fails, he is then shocked with a progression of high volts. This experiment can be discussed as both ethical and unethical . The people volunteered and were advised of the process which would make the experiment ethical.The people were yet pressured by the authority to continue and keep causing harm to the student which would make the experiment unethical.Overall, I feel like this was a successful experiment and the studies were efficient or