1. Now that you know the percentage of Milgram’s participants who went all the way to the end of the study, discuss two specific reasons as to why you think they proceeded all the way to the end. Be sure you discuss the reasons by being specific in your response. (Remember what I said in the lecture about what one of the reasons is not!) 2. Would you say the extreme deception used in Milgram’s study was ethical or unethical? Give specific details to support your response. 3. Could Milgram have reached the same conclusions using less deceptive research methods for his study on obedience? Why or why not? Again, provide specific details to support your response.
After you have gone through the material above, answer the questions below based on Milgram's Study on Obedience. Remember, please provide well thought out responses that are college level. General responses will not receive full points. Please proofread your post! There will be point deductions for errors!
1. Now that you know the percentage of Milgram’s participants who went all the way to the end of the study, discuss two specific reasons as to why you think they proceeded all the way to the end. Be sure you discuss the reasons by being specific in your response. (Remember what I said in the lecture about what one of the reasons is not!)
2. Would you say the extreme deception used in Milgram’s study was ethical or unethical? Give specific details to support your response.
3. Could Milgram have reached the same conclusions using less deceptive research methods for his study on obedience? Why or why not? Again, provide specific details to support your response.
Obedience refers to the act of complying with orders or commands from someone in a position of authority. It involves following the instructions or directives of a person who is perceived as having power, even if those instructions conflict with one's own beliefs, values, or moral principles.
The Milgram experiment was a series of psychological studies conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to investigate obedience to authority. In the study, participants were recruited to take part in a supposed "learning experiment" where they were asked to administer electric shocks to a "learner" (who was actually a confederate of the experimenter) whenever the "learner" made a mistake. The participants were told that the electric shocks would become progressively stronger, and they were instructed to continue administering the shocks by an experimenter in a lab coat who was perceived as an authority figure. The experiment aimed to explore the extent to which people would obey authority, even when it means going against their own moral values. The results showed that a significant proportion of participants were willing to administer what they believed to be dangerous or potentially fatal shocks to the learner, suggesting that obedience to authority can be a strong motivator. 65% of people obeyed orders.
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