1. In class, we learned about both the develop the sociological perspective and sociological imagination. Mrs. Godwin said that “develop the sociological perspective would be to look at society with a blind eye.” (Godwin, PP) I would have to agree that to develop a perspective is looking how a person behavior is connected to a society by not having judgement. This is why it is important to look at a society with a clean slate on what you think a culture should or should not look like and be opened minded. It would be hard to learn something new when a person is so caught up with what they think a society is doing wrong instead of learning about what sets apart that society from their own and taking away the positives of their findings. As for
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In the film, The Power of the Situation the experiment that I thought was most interesting was the one conducted by Stanley Milgram. Milgram examined human conformity based on how far an ordinary person would go to obey a command. Milgram wanted to know if it was just a personal defect or if anyone was capable of being evil if the situation was strong enough. Guiding the experiment was an experimenter and a learner who were on Milgram’s team. They had a subject who thought they were being placed in a study to help someone improve their memory but in reality, they were getting payed to play the role as teacher and give electric shocks to the learner if they answered incorrectly and increased the shock with every wrong answer. Even though there were no shocks actually given they wanted to see how far the teacher would go in administrating their test. Most experts predicted that only one in a thousand would go all they were to 450 volts but shockingly 2/3 went all the way and not one got up to help the learner. This is because of the fundamental attribution error and how easy someone can be manipulated by situational forces (The Powers of the Situation). Before knowing what, the experiment was about I thought that most people would not lead into temptation when obeying someone else’s orders and take charge of their own situation and do what they think is the right thing to do. Now after knowing the true outcome of the experiment it makes me second guess one’s ability to do
In the film, The Power of the Situation the experiment that I thought was most interesting was the one conducted by Stanley Milgram. Milgram examined human conformity based on how far an ordinary person would go to obey a command. Milgram wanted to know if it was just a personal defect or if anyone was capable of being evil if the situation was strong enough. Guiding the experiment was an experimenter and a learner who were on Milgram’s team. They had a subject who thought they were being placed in a study to help someone improve their memory but in reality, they were getting payed to play the role as teacher and give electric shocks to the learner if they answered incorrectly and increased the shock with every wrong answer. Even though there were no shocks actually given they wanted to see how far the teacher would go in administrating their test. Most experts predicted that only one in a thousand would go all they were to 450 volts but shockingly 2/3 went all the way and not one got up to help the learner. This is because of the fundamental attribution error and how easy someone can be manipulated by situational forces (The Powers of the Situation). Before knowing what, the experiment was about I thought that most people would not lead into temptation when obeying someone else’s orders and take charge of their own situation and do what they think is the right thing to do. Now after knowing the true outcome of the experiment it makes me second guess one’s ability to do