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Stanley Milgram, a Yale University psychologist, began an experiment in July 1961 that would drastically alter society’s perception of obedience. Milgram formulated a test to comprehend how far people would perform when coerced into obeying an authoritative figure. The experiment involved subjects being tricked into believing they were electrically shocking another individual; physical and emotional harm to the subjects was followed, resulting from the extreme tension they encountered.…

Experiment Essay The film Experiment is based off an experiment in the 1960’s to study the reactions of a person doing what they’re told. This experiment is greatly compared to the Nazi’s in Germany because of it’s results it questions if the Nazi’s who killed the Jews because they were told to are innocent. The Nazi’s who just did what they were told still had the choice to stop and say this is wrong and the Nazi’s who influenced what they did are greatly to blame as well. Only 35% of the…

While there were no ethical issues, this study had a few limitations. One involving reliance on the self-report measures of abuse, neglect and self-harm that it provides no way to differentiate the actual occurrence of any of these. Other limitations discussed how the study was correlational and cross-sectional by nature, and that it is possible the order of these relationships is completely different than what results showed. For example, although theoretical literature suggests that affect…

The field experiment conducted by Hofling et al (1966) which produced surprising results of nurses complying and obeying the orders of doctors to the extent of violating protocol by giving more than acceptable doses of medication provides evidence to the extent at which obedience and submitting to higher authority works in our society. Obedience can be defined as compliance with an order, request or submitting to a higher authority. There are certain conditions that should exist for obedience to…

While the experiment was designed to last two weeks, it had to be terminated after the sixth day due to the rapid increase of abuse against the prisoners by the guards. Though it is now considered extremely unethical by society’s standards today, The Stanford Prison Experiment gave scientists invaluable data on how total authority dominates over a person’s ability to reason and empathize with others. The experiment itself was designed to test if the conflicts within the prison system were caused…

The “Stanford Prison Experiment” and The Lord of the Flies by William Golding both show just how cruel human beings can be. They also show how humans can react when put in a difficult situation, how the participants’ behavior changes, and how the outcomes from both are similar. The prisoners from the experiment and the children from The Lord of the Flies did not know what was about to happen them. For instance, the prisoners were chosen at random. Just like any other criminal, the prisoners…

ethics of milgram Controversy in Ethics of Obedience Research." Controversy in Ethics of Obedience Research. Web. 12 Nov. 2014. <http://cla.calpoly.edu/~cslem/101/Obey/Ethics.html>." Although the test many seem harmful and stressful, after a year none of the subjects were found to be harmed by their experience. where 83% were glad to be part of the experiment, only 1% were not.”Milgram had believed that many of the subjects would disobey the experimenter at 150 volts (1).“ “When milgram…

In the military, people follow orders from superiors on a daily basis, even when the orders are not morally sound. The article “The Perils of Obedience” written by Stanley Milgram, a Yale psychologist and infamous for his obedience experiment, focuses on the frequent human nature to submit to an authoritative figure. Milgram links his results to the reason why some Nazis carried out such ruthless acts: obedience overrules ethics in most cases (Milgram 89). Relatedly, Herbert C. Kelman and V. Lee…

Throughout the movie, The Stanford Prison Experiment, multiple incidents defined the experiment as unethical. I remembered the infamous experiment from high school, but did not remember if the experiment took place before or after the establishment of the institutional review board. Logically, I assumed that this experiment took place before the implementation of the International Review Board. However, I was wrong. I find the committee’s assessment both extremely interesting and troubling that…

In 1999, the clinical trial of a young man by the name of Jesse Gelsinger ended in tragedy (Archenbach, Joel). Though the clinical trial was conducted responsibly, there was still room for error, or accidents, which both Jesse and the doctors were aware of. They understood and accepted the fact that the trial could have a negative outcome. They were prepared and would not give up and neglect their studies if something went weary. However, this is not the case for Victor Frankenstein and his…