SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Milgram Experiment, Dependent And Independent Variables, Bbc Two
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General question: was it that eichmann and his accomplices in the holocaust had mutual intent, in at least with regard to the goals of the holocaust? . Was there a mutual sense of morality among those involved? . Sample group randomly selected from the population -- a small group of people to represent a population. Shocks increased by an increment of 15 volts per wrong answer. Labels: slight shock, moderate shock, strong shock, very strong shock, intense shock, extreme intense shock, danger: severe shock, and xxx (450 volts) The subject is led to believe that they are not personally responsibility for the consequence (not an agent) People believe they have no agency for their actions. Verbal nudge: please continue the experiment requires that you continue it is absolutely essential that you continue you have no other choice, you must go on . The subject believed in a sense of legitimacy of the experiment and obeyed the scientist in the room.
