Only Obedience or the Beginnings of a Cult? In a magazine article titled Obedience to Authority‚ published in 1974 by Harper’s magazine‚ Dr. Stanley Milgram studied the effects of authority on “ordinary” people. His findings were astonishing. The obedience to authority figures‚ with no threat of repercussion‚ was not only underestimated‚ but unimaginable. The constant willingness to comply with what was asked of them reminded me of the cult led by Charles Manson‚ specifically the Sharon Tate
Premium Milgram experiment Stanford prison experiment Psychology
Milgram’s research on obedience: how and why it can help student nurses The report aims to: Describe the main aspects of Milgram’s study on Obedience Explain why and how this research can be used to help prepare student nurses for working on hospital wards Contribute to the understanding of some of the challenges nurses may face in their working practices Background Stanley Milgram‚ a psychologist from Yale University‚ conducted a series of experiments on obedience to explain some of the
Premium Nursing Nurse Health care
Professor Foth English 1A.4 October 3rd 2011 The Experiment In our society we are prone to obey to our authority in order to follow through our obedience because of the rolls we take. In both Stanley Milgram and Phillip Zimbardo’s experiment‚ “The Perils of Obedience” and “The Stanford Prison Experiment”‚ many people have a brighter understanding about how human behavior can be cause by authorities. They had different structures of how to do their own
Premium Stanford prison experiment
Obedience Obedience is the process which leads a person – or an animal –‚ after listening to an order or a demand from an authoritative figure‚ to obey regardless of the consequences or moral implications derived from following that order or demand. The way in which this demand is followed can very; it can be in an active manner‚ in this case the obedient individual will do what they are told to; or in a passive one‚ where the individual will refrain from doing something‚ for the only reason that
Premium Milgram experiment Social psychology Psychology
Behavioral Study of Obedience by Milgram (1963) Background: Some type of authority is necessary when humans live together and obedience is currently a very relevant concept. Throughout World War II‚ millions of people were killed through gas chambers and death camps. Although there was a mastermind behind the plan‚ there needed to be a huge amount of people to carry out the deeds. Some think that this is an ingrained behavior that can override ethical values‚ sympathy‚ and morality. Obedience should not
Premium Psychology World War II Milgram experiment
of people are easily manipulated due to the overwhelming power of peer pressure and environment. So when does one lose their identity in a group and become a vessel that follows every order. How does one decide that the obedience in hand is justify and when to go against obedience for the sake of a better or safer outcome? The group mind is a powerful thing. Is it even able to change people morale completely opposite from what they believe in? We as humankind have always been a pack
Premium Psychology Management Leadership
psychological‚ and in many instances‚ religious‚ moral‚ and spiritual. Our indebtedness to our parents is so immense that it is not possible to repay it fully. In lieu of this‚ it becomes obligatory for us to show the utmost kindness‚ respect‚ and obedience to our parents. The position of parents‚ and the mutual obligations and responsibilities‚ have been addressed in Islam in great detail. The Qur’anic commandments‚ as well as the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (sawaws) guide us in this matter. The parent-child
Free Qur'an Muhammad Islam
In Fromm essay” Disobedience as a psychological and moral problem”‚ he discusses and compares the different kinds of obedience and disobedience‚ and how they can have a positive or negative impact on the human society. There are many physiological comforts to obedience. For example‚ when a person obeys the law‚ or is obedient to their superior it leaves them with a feeling of accomplishment. They feel as though they have succeeded in their said job‚ therefore they are accepted within society. Some
Premium Psychology Ethics Thought
Yale University psychologist‚ Stanley Milgram‚ conducted an experiment in 1961 focusing on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience. He examined justifications for acts of genocide offered by those accused at the World War II Nuremberg War Criminal trials. Their defense often was based on "obedience" - that they were just following orders from their superiors. Milgram’s experiment‚ which he told his participants was about learning‚ was to have participants (teacher) question
Premium Stanford prison experiment Milgram experiment Psychology
Alisha Thomas C. Sturm English 102 February 20‚2009 The Essence of obedience The fidelity of ones faith becomes the premise to justify the changing of ones conscience. In many cases people act rationally in pursuit of the “benefits” they pursue from being part of a religious group. There is a term coined for this type of thought process‚ “parochial altruism”-they combine a parochial act (the attacker killing members from other groups) with altruism (the attacker sacrificing themselves
Premium Religion Jesus Faith