The Milgram's Obedience Study

The Milgram’s Obedience study was an experiment one would find to be very interesting in regards to the human mind of authority. Stanley Milgram was a social psychologist whose motives was to explore American’s culture in comparison to German’s culture in obedience to commands of harming another individual. After reading about the study and watching the short film I became very sickened by the experiment. The entire thought process of the Germans to harm an individual to the point of possibly death as a result and Milgram’s idea to mimic the outrage event. This study of obedience I would have to disagree with because of the methods used on a living and breathing human being. Regardless, of their nationality, religion, and culture no one should be treated this cruel, it is not humane. …show more content…
When analyzing the situation I would be facilitating an oral examination to a student and accessing their ability to retain information. However, this student would be sitting in the adjacent room strap to a high voltage shocking machine. Essentially, this position could be very simple to other individuals conducting the test, but I find it very difficult to carry out this kind of command. One of my concerns as the teacher would be the student physical state and their tolerance to pain of the shocks delivered. In the film prior to the exam starting the student stated that he has a history of heart complication. When hearing that information I would be terrified to administer the shock because my thoughts would be what if the student goes into cardiac arrest during the exam. During the shocking phase the body will experience excruciating pain that would eventually affect the nervous system and possibly the student could become unconscious. In all those factors I must still administer the test and I do not believe that is task that I could