PSYC 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Milgram Experiment, Psychopathy
17 Sep 2018
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Yes: social psychologists john p. sabini and maury silver believe that the obedience. Experiments captured the most important psychological aspects of the holocaust, by demonstrating that normal people can be made to harm others with alarming ease. No: psychotherapist florence r. miale and political scientist michael selzer believe that. Miligram"s results are not as convincing as is often believed. They contend that the findings of these controversial experiments can be explained by individual differences in participants; willingness to inflict pain on others. Miligram led people to believe that they would be required to deliver an electric shock to another person. Everyone who participated complied with orders and two-thirds delivered the most severe shock. Miligram believed his results explained one of the principle reasons why the holocaust occurred on such a wide scale. Miale and selzer believe that people harm others not out of obedience, but because the situation allowed them to express their desire to harm.
