The Experiment

Solomon E. Asch’s (1955) experiment on conformity to social pressure puts perspective on how the views of a majority and/or experts can transform the opinion of an individual. Social influences shape every person and that is demonstrated in Asch’s study. The study could be the explanation for numerous social phenomenon’s such as “the spread of opinion to the following of crowds and the following of leaders” (Asch, 1955). His study focuses on the generalised idea that individuals will conform…

different. The participants were the asked to state, aloud, which of the three lines matched the standard. Each confederate was instructed to give the same answer as each other, and for the first few trials, they all gave the correct answers, but as the experiment progressed, the actors started giving the wrong answers. Each participant took part in 18 trails, 12 of which were “critical trials”, where the confederates answered incorrectly.…

I first learned of Milgram’s experiment several years ago, but observing the reaction of participants provided more insight into the effect the experiment had on each individual. The most compelling aspect of this experiment was the varying reactions among the participants. Most participants appeared visibly concerned and reluctant to continue. However, several participants, although questioning the ‘scientist/teacher’ were willing to continue administering the electric shock to the highest…

Baumrind’s “Review of Stanley Milgram’s Experiments on Obedience” “… The dependent, obedient attitude assumed by most subjects in the experimental setting is appropriate to that situation” states psychologist Diana Baumrind in her article “Review of Stanley Milgram’s Experiments on Obedience” (Baumrind 90). Baumrind cites certain passages from Stanley Milgram’s abstract of his experiment. Baumrind first explains why she thinks the location of the experiment is a hindrance (Baumrind 90). Another…

how through the experiment many of the individual personality shifted into their respective role, one prisoner started starving himself whereas another tried to utilities insanity for a way out of the experiment. Demonstrating that the whole experiment was based on how the situation can turn normal human being into savages who have basically forsaken their identity to an extent. Yes, there was definitely bias in the process of the experiment. It was never stated that the experiment was a simple…

Looking back now at the Stanford Prison Experiment, it is difficult to argue that this experiment was not unethical. I am a psychology major student, and this experiment always seems to pop up whenever ethics are being discussed. Many professors have made the remark that this experiment would never be allowed in today’s world. However, I think that while the experiment itself ended up being unethical, it was too difficult to have been able to predict how it would play out. At the same time, I…

The Milgram experiment was done by Stanley Milgram to see how people would respond when an authority figure told them to do something that went against their conscience. The subject was told to give shocks, which went up in voltage, to a learner who was in on the experiment, unknowingly to the subject. Psychologists estimated that 1% of the subjects would go to the end of the board; however, 65% of the subjects did. This proved that people are capable of doing anything, as long as it comes from…

conducted an experiment in 1963 about nonviolent people being capable of hurting others due to obeying the authority under pressure despite their feeling of remorse. The way the experiment received progression was by having people play the role of a teacher and a learner.The teacher obeys the authority and the learner had to memorize a certain amount of words.If the learner failed to the duty, he would received a punishment of a dose of high voltage shock.Although the purpose of the experiment…

The experiment consisted of participants being in a group setting and also alone to see what reactions were made either in a group or alone. Darley and Lantane figured out that three fourths of people reacted to the smoke while alone, they responded within two minutes of noticing the smoke. After, they tried the experiment with two participants who knew it was all an act while the other had no idea this was an experiment. The third participant which had no clue…

grey in actuality, casting away the illusion of a genuine authority figure. The experiment held no real validity since the participants were predisposed throughout the research experiment about the lasting effects of the electric shocks, they were informed time and time again that they were not fatal nor did they have any long lasting…