PSYC11H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Syphilis, Stanley Milgram, Belmont Report
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Told the participants that he was testing the relationship between punishment and learning. Were told that they were randomly selected. The whole experiment was a set of lies in which the participants were into an alternate reality of teachers and confederates. The teachers ask the questions and if the confederate got them wrong they would shock the confederate, as the confederate got more wrong the shock intensity increased. At one point the confederate would say i have a heart problem please stop let me out! However the majority of people kept going with the experiment until the end. Looked to the researcher for guidance if they should continue and they would say the experiment requires you to continue. Inhuman treatment carried out at the order of a superior. After the experiment the participants were debriefed about the true intentions about the study. Told the people something about themselves that they didn"t want to know.
