Research Based Analysis on Obedience and Social Pressure Individuals in today 's society question authority in many different ways. Eventually, life puts people in tricky situations. Individuals who question authority may go along with the situation because they are threatened socially. Everybody obeys words from an authority, but what makes us obey or disobey? Do people obey them just because they do not have enough courage to walk away? In A Few Good Men, two Marines were ordered to murder their fellow officer by their superior that led them to the consequence where they had to pay for their actions.
On top of it, three experiments by prominent psychologists can shed light on obedience and social pressure. In the article of “The Perils …show more content…
So, they have to do what they were told to do. Nobody can question Jessup’s authority because he has much more power in a higher rank. The main cause of Willy Santiago’s death was due to his bad health condition, but the blame was placed on Downey and Dawson. This film depicts the obedience of soldiers in the military.
Milgram claimed that the test was to see what the teacher would have done in similar situations. As part of the experiment, the experimenter sat in the same room and observed. The fact that the experimenter stayed in the same room increased the chances of the teacher to obey the experimenter. People tend to follow other’s commands when they are nearby. In the article “The Stanford Prison Experiment,” an experiment was also done by Philip G. Zimbardo, a professor at Stanford University. This experiment was to …show more content…
In Milgram’s article, it stated that “The problem of obedience is not wholly psychological. The form and shape of society and the way it is developing have much to do with it… He yields to authority but in doing so is alienated from his own actions”(Milgram 89). So as it talks about in A Few Good Men, two marines took the punishment for their actions accordingly. They should have questioned the order and protected Santiago instead of following their superior’s order. However, what made both of them obey the order was that they both knew that they could lose respect from their fellow Marines and citizens if they did not follow the order. Peoples are usually like these two Marines. People do things that they should not have done just to earn respect from a social group. Although people make mistakes, they want others to recognize their positive sides. Also, as it was mentioned in Milgram’s article, one of the male teachers does not show any emotion while hurting the learner because what he did was an order. Since it was an order, he did not have to take responsibility for the consequences. Both Milgram and Zimbardo mentioned above, clarify and fit perfectly into the dilemma presented in A Few Good Men. It shows that the person with more power often gives orders to others and no one can question Jessup’s authority because he was in a higher position. In reality, many people brag about
On top of it, three experiments by prominent psychologists can shed light on obedience and social pressure. In the article of “The Perils …show more content…
So, they have to do what they were told to do. Nobody can question Jessup’s authority because he has much more power in a higher rank. The main cause of Willy Santiago’s death was due to his bad health condition, but the blame was placed on Downey and Dawson. This film depicts the obedience of soldiers in the military.
Milgram claimed that the test was to see what the teacher would have done in similar situations. As part of the experiment, the experimenter sat in the same room and observed. The fact that the experimenter stayed in the same room increased the chances of the teacher to obey the experimenter. People tend to follow other’s commands when they are nearby. In the article “The Stanford Prison Experiment,” an experiment was also done by Philip G. Zimbardo, a professor at Stanford University. This experiment was to …show more content…
In Milgram’s article, it stated that “The problem of obedience is not wholly psychological. The form and shape of society and the way it is developing have much to do with it… He yields to authority but in doing so is alienated from his own actions”(Milgram 89). So as it talks about in A Few Good Men, two marines took the punishment for their actions accordingly. They should have questioned the order and protected Santiago instead of following their superior’s order. However, what made both of them obey the order was that they both knew that they could lose respect from their fellow Marines and citizens if they did not follow the order. Peoples are usually like these two Marines. People do things that they should not have done just to earn respect from a social group. Although people make mistakes, they want others to recognize their positive sides. Also, as it was mentioned in Milgram’s article, one of the male teachers does not show any emotion while hurting the learner because what he did was an order. Since it was an order, he did not have to take responsibility for the consequences. Both Milgram and Zimbardo mentioned above, clarify and fit perfectly into the dilemma presented in A Few Good Men. It shows that the person with more power often gives orders to others and no one can question Jessup’s authority because he was in a higher position. In reality, many people brag about