Under orders, decent human beings will do anything. This experiment shows that people will obey authority figure even when there is no pre-existing relationship between the individual and the person of authority.
Stanley Milgram concluded that people are willing to obey authority figures even if it involves causing harm to others. He found that individuals were capable of carrying out acts against their own conscience when instructed by an authority figure.
Stanley Milgram was motivated by a desire to understand obedience to authority and the willingness of individuals to obey orders that conflicted with their personal conscience. He sought to explore the factors that influence people to obey destructive commands, particularly in the context of authoritarian regimes and oppressive systems. His infamous obedience experiments in the 1960s aimed to shed light on human behavior in hierarchical power structures.
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The subject had to put the learner's hand directly on the shock plate.
Milgram's study aimed to measure the willingness of participants to obey authority figures, even when the commands contradicted their own ethical standards. This was done by investigating how far individuals would go in administering increasingly severe electric shocks to another person when instructed to do so by an authority figure.
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Approximately 65% of the experimental subjects in Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments eventually applied the maximum 450-volt shock to the learner despite the learner's expressions of pain and desire to stop.
the teacher had to put the learner's hand on a shock plate.
Stanley Milgram was motivated by a desire to understand obedience to authority and the willingness of individuals to obey orders that conflicted with their personal conscience. He sought to explore the factors that influence people to obey destructive commands, particularly in the context of authoritarian regimes and oppressive systems. His infamous obedience experiments in the 1960s aimed to shed light on human behavior in hierarchical power structures.
The subject had to put the learner's hand directly on the shock plate.
In the original experiment (Yale University, scientist and teacher in the same room, pupil separated by screen), about 2/3 of subjects continued to the final 450-Volt electrical shock. Out of those who refused, only one teacher refused to go higher than the 300-Volt level. All 40 teachers turned around and questioned the scientist at some point in the experiment. Later experiments varied the set-up and it's pointless to list them here. For example, when Milgram did the experiment in a rundown back-street office (as opposed to the world-famous Yale University), 1/2 of the teachers were fully obedient. When the scientist gave instructions over the telephone instead, teachers were more likely to stop the experiment (some even pretended to be doing it). Similarly, if the pupil was directly in front of the teacher, he would also be less obedient. All these experiments used men; when Milgram did the same experiment with women they were equally obedient but more visibly stressed. When Milgram added 'obedient' assistants, 90% of teachers continued to the end. When Milgram used 'rebellious' assistants, only 10% of teachers would continue. If there were two scientists in the room disagreeing over whether to continue the experiment, none of the teachers continued towards the end.
In Milgram's study, the purpose and aim of the experiment is deliberately withheld from the participants. This leads to a number of deceptions:They are told that another participant is the learner. This is actually a stooge.They are told that lots are drawn at random. It is actually rigged.They are told that electrical shocks will be given. None actually are.They are told that the experimenter is measuring how punishment effects learning. They actually measure how long until the participant disobeys.
Milgram's study aimed to measure the willingness of participants to obey authority figures, even when the commands contradicted their own ethical standards. This was done by investigating how far individuals would go in administering increasingly severe electric shocks to another person when instructed to do so by an authority figure.
Stanley Milgram's teacher-learner experiment demonstrated the power of obedience to authority figures. Participants were willing to administer potentially harmful electric shocks to another person when instructed to do so by an authority figure, even if they were uncomfortable doing so. This study highlighted the importance of ethical considerations in psychological research and the potential for individuals to act against their own moral beliefs under certain conditions.
people called the guy 'zero' because they said he wasn't smart. But when Stanley started teaching him how to read and write he was very smart and a fast learner too! :)
A visual learner is someone who learns best by watching or seeing how something is done. A visual learner would do best watching the teacher perform an experiment, watching a film or using photos/pictures accompanied by text
1. Quick learner. 2. Wiki learner 3. Rapid learner.