Milgram Experiments

The milgram studies and their replications are not ethical research. The studies was not based on honest communication, they would tell them that they must go on with the experiment and did not give them an out. They also told the participants that one would get shocked and one would press the button but no one actually got shocked. The participants were not treated fairly either during this experiment. They were put into situations that could have left lasting effects on them without warning. They were also required to stay throughout the whole experiment whether they wanted to or not. The experiments also lacked choice communications because the participants didn’t have a choice or actually participating or not they were forced to continue with the experiment no matter what. Both choice and respect go hand in hand in these experiments, if they would have respected them they would have been able to have a choice to leave the experiment which they were not. The researchers basically used intimidation to keep the participants in their seat and to keep pressing the button when they told them. The researchers also lacked taking responsibility for what they were putting these people through. They were more focused on making their research a success than what it was actually doing to the participants. The researchers …show more content…
There is a difference here because the women may have felt that their punishment would be greater if they didn’t obey the researchers. Also I think the time period had a lot to do with why women obeyed at 100%, being 1972 not many women were going to college at that time. Maybe some of them thought that this would affect their college career if they didn’t go along with the experiment. I think also at that time frame, women were taught that the man wears the pants and whatever he says