Milgram & Zimbardo and explain which study is the most useful in understanding human behaviour in a social situation (focusing on the methods used and findings obtained) and which study is the most unethical. The study of social psychology‚ particularly conformity‚ is very difficult to conduct both ethically and accurately in order to be able to obtain useful results. In the studies done by Milgram and Zimbardo‚ ethics were definitely breached but to what extent were these experiments useful‚
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the same manner as the middle-class kids in the experiment. I believe the urban kids would handle the stress of these situations with less stress than that of their counter parts. The reason I state this due to exposures and existing environment. Urban kids deal with a greater amount of hardships and constant opposition in life compared to other classes if kids. Urban kids also create a thicker emotional skin within
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People often judge others based on physical appearances‚ such as what they wear or how they style their hair. The style and condition of their home and room can also reveal their character‚ as homes are the place where people spend most of their time. In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel titled Crime and Punishment‚ translated by David McDuff‚ the author includes descriptions of rooms to influence the reader’s interpretation of the characters. Specifically‚ Dostoevsky reveals the characters by describing
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Early Greek Philosophers contributed many of their ideas to what an ideal government should look like. Plato’s Republic‚ Polybius’s comments on the Roman Constitution‚ and Aristotle’s Politics provided three different interpretations on how that government operated. The varying opinions are not without bias or without influence on the social norms from 400-100 B.C.E. Greece‚ including opinions on the proper roles of women‚ slaves‚ and “most importantly” men. There is also a bias from the upper class
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Zimbardo Research Paper Leslie Massey PSYCH/620 01/22/2015 Professor Sharon McNelly Zimbardo Research Paper The Stanford Prison Experiment was a study conducted in 1971 by Dr. Phillip Zimbardo. According to Dr. Steve Taylor (2007)‚ “It’s probably the best known psychological study of all time.” (Classic Studies in Psychology‚ 2007). Zimbardo stated that the point was to see what would happen if he put “really good people in a bad place” (Dr. Zimbardo‚ 2007). He did this during a time
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Views on women -Nietzsche wrote "Women are essentially unpeaceful" and "Man is for woman a means; the purpose is always a child. But what is woman for man?" The answer to this question (as well as the question you pose) is difficult to ascertain and there are a number of opposing and complex views on how he regarded women. -Hence‚ Derrida claims that for Nietzsche‚ there is no eternal essence of womanhood. -Nietzsche’s view of women is explicitly based upon their role as potential mothers -
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For the most part our society accepts variant sexual behaviors. We as a society are flooded with sexuality‚ its images and‚ behaviors. The media floods us with all of this‚ and I cant say that our society accepts it‚ yet‚ if most people were truly against it; it would change for the better. Sex is everywhere today‚ you can run from it‚ and you hide from it; sex is everywhere in the media. This is because sex sells‚ plain and simple. It is estimated that almost seventy-five percent of all advertisements
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participants in the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ how do you think you would react? If I was placed in this experiment‚ I think‚ would react differently whether I was a guard or a prisoner. If I was a guard I think conform more to the group influence because of the effect of having the power over someone else. I think that it would be easy to get caught up in having all the power in this experiment. However I think my attitude would be different If I was a prisoner in the experiment. If I was a prisoner
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Slavery corrupts slave holders because they would viciously whip the slaves. In Paragraph 3‚ it shows how Mr. Covey acted toward the slaves. The slaves would call Mr.Covey‚ the “Snake” “When we were at work in the cornfield‚ he would sometimes crawl on his hands and knees to avoid detection‚ and all at once he would rise nearly in our midst‚ and scream out‚ “Ha‚ ha! Come‚ come! Dash on‚ dash on!” This being his mode of attack‚ it was never safe to stop a single minute
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Breanna Brantigan Stanford Prison Study In 1971‚ a group of psychologists created a remarkable experiment using a mock prison as the setting‚ with college students role-playing prisoners and guards to test the power of the social situation to determine behavior. The research‚ referred to as the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ is a classic display of situational power and how it influences someone’s morals and behavior. The experiment was supposed to last two weeks‚ however‚ the unexpected transformation
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