PSYB01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Milgram Experiment, American Psychological Association, Canadian Psychological Association
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Case study: video - milgram experiment (testing of obedience to authority) 2 participants, one act as educator and one act as student. >the educator will give electric shocks to the participant acting as student when he or she answers the question wrong (although the student isn"t actually being shocked) >when the participant acting as educator refuse to continue the experiment, the experimenter would force he or she to continue (testing obedience) If he or she continues, that means the participant is obedient to the authority without caring if the thing he or she is doing is wrong or not. If he or she discontinues, that means the participant is willing to disobey something that is wrong, such as inflicting electrical shock to another person is a torture to that person. Clear that experiment an important one: provides insight into the dynamics of obedience. Or can participants decide to leave anytime when they feel uncomfortable during experiment?)
