Stanford prison experiment

brilliant man who was unafraid to go beyond a line that others believed could, or maybe should, not be crossed when it came to his medical research/experiments. I think this attitude, while helping him to develop industry changing products like Retin-A, it also led to his downfall. The fact that he made many of his career making achievements inside prison walls, using the prisoners for human experimentation, should disqualify him from receiving a lifetime achievement award. He took advantage…

The Stanford Experiment ethical or un-ethical, why and what was the purpose, what was learned and what did the Stanford Experiment contribute in the scientific community of studying human behavior? To understand and answer these questions one must start with the beginning, the very genesis of what is one of the most ground breaking experiments in my own perspective opinion. The Stanford Prison Experiment which was conducted in 1971 by psychologist Philip Zimbardo and his colleagues. This was a…

Identifying the Self Lauren Slater firsts introduces us to Stanley Milgram and his experiments in the chapter Obscura. In this chapter we revolve around the topic of self-identity compared to who we really are while under the influence of the power of authority. Slater, although unclear of the true meaning of these experiments, finds they have great power in shedding light on the distinction between who we think we are versus who we truly are (Slater, 39). This then makes myself wonder, am I…

present. Many recent experiments have been carried out (Slater, Antley, Davison, Swapp, Guger, Barker et al., 2006; Dambrun & Vatine, 2010; Burger, 2009; Zeigler-Hill, Southard, Archer & Donohoe, 2013) in order to research the findings of Milgram’s experiments on obedience further. The examined series of famous and controversial research was implemented by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s at Yale University (Slater et al., 2006). Milgram’s experiments…

In 1963, Stanley Milgram, a psychologist at Yale University, conducted an experiment to investigate into how obedient people would be when instructed by an authority figure. He was inspired by the Nuremburg War Criminal trials in Germany after the Holocaust. He wanted to know why so many people followed Hitler’s orders. To gather participants for the study, he placed an ad in a newspaper offering four dollars to be a part of the study. He told the participants that they would randomly be…

aspired to facilitate understanding surrounding human ability to act inhumanely, without boundaries or any apparent conscience, with specific interest surrounding the horrendous acts committed during the Holocaust (Mastrioanni, 2002). Milgram’s (1974) experiment is today considered somewhat controversial and unethical and has been significant in prompting ethical considerations in future studies. However it is still considered highly relevant to contemporary social psychology, with findings…

In a social experiment conducted by Solomon Asch of 1951, Asch studied the impact of how social pressure from the majority can affect a person to conform (McLeod). The experiment consisted of one participant in a group of actors and all were asked to match the test line to a line most similar. In revealing their answers, the participant was asked to answer last out of the group while the actors all purposely answered incorrectly. With over 12 trials of the experiment, nearly 75% of the…

(I am side 2: "Military Women in Combat: Why Making It Official Matters") "The Under Cover Parent" by Harlan Coben Coben begins his essay with an explanation of his personal experience and initial thoughts on spyware. In the second paragraph, Coben describes consumer-level spyware, and he explains how it works. Coben appeals to the reader's pathos by pointing out the difference in the level of invasion between the government and your family. He even goes as far as to call parents who survey…

The experiments were testing the conditions, essentially why people would ignore the cries of one another for aid, and the circumstances where compassion embraces sway (Slater 93). They had been careful in setting up the temporary situations; therefore, mimicked…

Obedience Jonestown the Peoples Temple Through my research and findings of obedience to authority this ancient dilemma is somewhat confusing but needs understanding. Problem with obedience to authority has raised a question to why people obey or disobey and if there are any right time to obey or not to obey. Through observation of many standpoints on obedience and disobedience to authority, and determined through detailed examination conducted by Milgram “The Perils Of Obedience,” Doris Lessing…