SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Milgram Experiment, Research Question, Bbc Two
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Stanley milgram"s experiment on obedience to authority (1961) Was it that eichmann and his accomplices in the holocaust had mutual intent, in at least with regard to the goals of the holocaust? that is, was there a mutual sense of morality among those involved? . Experient to think through what happened through the holocaust and why did so many people get involved in the action of the holocaust. How willing are people to obey authority, even if the instructions goes against their consciences. Sample group randomly selected from the population. Placed an ad the the newspaper to recruit people paying the /hour. Same bias does not equal random sample. Bias in the population you are attracting. Not getting a broad variety of people. Observing the experiments and result from 40 subjects. 26/40 subjects (65%) administered the highest shocks. Nervous and displays of guilt (abnormal behaviour) Shock increased by an increment of 15 volts per wrongs answer.
