PSYC 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Milgram Experiment, Psych
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We assume they are given guidelines and that we are the ones deciding what to do. Milgram study = shocked by the findings. Disturbing at the time that people would do that. Blind obedience to authority , act without any restrains with so ever. (cid:272)ould(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:271)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)ted toda(cid:455): st(cid:396)ess, state of (cid:272)o(cid:374)fli(cid:272)t fo(cid:396) the su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t (cid:894)pas. German = extermination of the jews (trying to understand the phenomenon) Even more obedience in collectivist culture ? (hypothesis) Psychiatrist and lay people did not predict anywhere near this amount of obedience: nazi trials at the time revealed (cid:862)o(cid:374)l(cid:455) follo(cid:449)i(cid:374)g o(cid:396)de(cid:396)s(cid:863) e(cid:454)(cid:272)use: a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374) observers assumed such obedience could never happen in us. Even observers, who saw the whole set up were amazed by both the level of obedience and the distress of subjects. Milgram: (we obey when: not to harm people, obey those whom we perceive to be legitimate authorities.
