Stanford prison experiment

withdraw at any given time during the experiment (Slapes, 2006). This high stress condition had the potential to cause long term psychological impairment and even Milgram documented that a participant was under such traumatic stress that his body went into a seizure (Slapes, 2006).…

In 1961 and 1962, psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of experiments designed to test an ordinary citizen’s capacity to inflict physical harm on another human being. Based on the results, Milgram concluded the core of obedience occurs when a person perceives himself as the means for carrying out the wishes of another, and therefore no longer considers himself responsible for his actions. Were Milgram’s experiments ethical? Were his conclusions valid? At least two authors, Ian Parker…

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…

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…

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 saw that there was high levels of stress on some of the subjects, he investigated for any potential harm. Milgram states "As the experiment progressed there was no indication of injurious effects in the subjects; and as the subjects themselves strongly endorsed the experiment, the judgment I made was to continue the experiment(1).“ The…

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…

Shepard Fairey has been subtly demanding obedience for decades. Unconscious stares meet the face of his ubiquitous image of the late professional wrestler Andre the Giant in the streets of nearly every major city worldwide. Stickered haphazardly onto street signs, plastered to overpasses and billboards, the graphic, propaganda-esque portrait of Andre stares through dark black eyes, silently commanding “OBEY.” Or is the command to dis-obey? Such are the sardonic messages behind much of street…

Being Sane in Insane Places In the early 1970’s a psychologist named David Rosenhan conducted an experiment to challenge other medical professionals on the accuracy of their diagnoses, pertaining to psychiatric disorders. Him and eight other friends faked their way into asylums set around the United States to see what would happen if they started displaying “sane” behavior once inside. This experiment caused much aggravation among psychiatric experts who felt that Rosenhan was trying to make a…

The Zimbardo experiment was a study aimed at finding out whether the brutality among guards in American prisons were due to the sadistic personalities of the prison guards or had more to do with the prison environment. The study concluded that people will eagerly conform to their social roles they are expected to play especially if the roles are strongly stereotyped as those of prison guards. An example of a similar experience can be seen in the secondary school I attended a few years ago. It…