ANSWER EITHER A or B in approximately 75-100 words. Give reasons or explanations for your particular suggestions. Also, think of how your suggestions may “backfire” and tell what the consequences might be.
A. Imagine that you are a participant in Milgram’s study of obedience. What would you have done if you had protested and the experimenter in charge answered, “The experiment requires you to continue?”
B. What options or other choices might have been available to the experimental student “prisoners” in the Stanford University 1971 experiment where students assumed roles of “guards and prisoners?”
Answering A. :)
ReplyDeleteI honestly do not think I could sit there and listen to someone else yell in pain in the next room. I tend to actually imagine pain when I hear or think about it too much (overactive imagination...) and I wouldn't be able to handle it for very long.
Considering at the beginning of the experiment, they are told they can leave at any time, I would probably insist on stopping, especially after the person keeps apparently getting answers wrong!
I honestly couldn't see this backfire because I really can't sit there and listen to people in pain. I would get up and leave without getting paid before I continued.
Even with the experiment with another person in the room with you, I wouldn't even take over after they stopped. The yells from the next room would get to me way to much.
Joe G.
ReplyDeleteI honestly feel that I would have been one of the few to back out early. I am not the kind of person who would willingly hurt someone. Perhaps after the first couple yells things would start to be uneasy but once the "student" had gotten to the point of wanting to quit there would be nothing holding me to pressing the study continue. Considering the fact that the student is constantly answering things wrong it also seems that the study will not improve.
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ReplyDeleteI don’t think that I really know what I would do until I was literally put into the situation. I would hope to think that I would stop, but I can’t know for sure. I do know that whatever happened I would feel responsible. If I was told I had the choice to get up and leave if I wanted to, I think that I would enable that right and walk away, but I’m not exactly sure what would happen if I wasn’t told that walking away was an option.
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ReplyDeleteI feel that put into the situation I would try to stop after I protested because I would feel bad for the guy but put into the situation I do not know if I would stop if he continued to tell me what to do.I would like to believe I would stop the experiment.All alone in the room with the instructor like that I feel that I may have went on but I dont truly know. It would probly have to do with how I am feeling that day but I also would most likely try to stop on numerous occassions.
If I was a particapant in the Milgram's study of obedience and the experimenter in charge told me that the experiment requires me to continue I would try to be nice about it at first and explain to him or her that I am not comfortable wiht this and if he kept pressuring me I might get qquite mean because I do not like to be pressured in anyway. I am more of a leader not a follower and I am very head strong. I also have a problem with people trying to force me into something. Even growing up my parents had their hands full. So I do not think that the experimenter could have forced me to proceed.
ReplyDeleteA) I can’t honestly say that I would have stopped the experiment once I was reassured that the experiment requires me to continue. I hope that I would have stood up and said that’s enough but it’s hard to say, not actually being in the moment. It would take me a moment to realize what I am actually doing and that I was told I could leave at any moment during the experiment. I would let the experimenter know once more that I have had enough and I would say I’m sure you can find someone else to replace me.
ReplyDeleteI can’t see anything backfiring really I would just tell him I’m sorry and that I could find someone else to finish the experiment or that he could have his money back.
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ReplyDeleteIt is very difficult to know what you would do in any situation until you are faced with it. I would like to believe that I would not continue with the experiment after hearing the man in pain. In fact, I would like to think that I would have nothing to do with intentionally shocking any other human being just to satisfy someone else's curiousity. If I was told that I could leave the experiment at any time, then I would certainly want to leave. If the person in charge told me I was required to finish the experiment, I would just walk out. If they persisted, I would return the $50. If they still tried to make me stay there, I would barge out while threatening to report them to their superior. At least I hope i would do that! =o)
a) If i was in the situation where i would have to choose to keep going or stop i would have to choose to stop. I would be hurting the other person and that is just not right. If the Person in the room with me told me i have to keep going because the experiment needs me to. I would not listen to them because i would be hurting them and i dont want them to be hurting. I would feel that it would be my fault if the guy actually got hurt.
ReplyDeleteA) I would have tried to keep on protesting until I got out of that experiment. I think it would have went against my beliefs. If the experimenter kept on trying to get me to do the experiment I would just get up and leave that experiment to the others that want to be there. The experiment would have gone against the laws of nature that scientist follow.
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ReplyDeleteA) If I was a participant in the Milgram's study of obedience there is no way I could sit there and hurt someone for in my opinion a meaningless test. The way I see it is if I was the one shocking people and the person in charge told me to keep going I would say picture yourself in the chair and me shocking you. I would of just gotten up in left and told the person in charge to find someone else.
If I was in Milgram’s study of obedience, I would not want to participate in that because I don't like hurting people. If I herd someone yelling because they were getting shocked then I would stop right there no matter who the person was and I would obey then. I don't like hearing people in pain and if someone told he to keep going with the test, then I would just walk out because I don't like doing that to people and I don't think it's respectful.If someone told me to do something bad just for nothing or anything, then I would say no because I like being respectful to other's if they are friends or people I know that if someone tells me no then that means stop. If they wanted to have another person take my place to continue the test then I would tell the person why I stopped and maybe they would hopefully not do the test.
ReplyDeleteThe students involved in the Stanford University experiment in 1971 could have elaborated on the path of compromise that they started on when they set up a "privileged cell". The prisoners who did not participate in the riot were rewarded with food and put in a separate cell. The prisoners then refused to eat out of respect for the other prisoners. If the guards tried more compromise before they started the harsh punishments then they might have been able to understand the prisoners more and what might calm them down. The backfire of more compromise might be a bigger riot then the first, resulting in possible injuries to the guards and less respect for the authority figures.
ReplyDeleteIf I had been a volunteer in this study and protested to stop the experiment even though the professor told me i had to go on, I would have asked first what the consequences were to the other person if I kept going. He would have said that there was pain but no serious harm. To that response i most likely would have kept going thinking that he is a professor and knows best. I like to think that I have a mind of my own but I'm sure I would be just like the majority of those people who kept going to the max voltage and continued because someone of authority told me to. It is insane to me that this is how society is and how we all conform and have the need to want to please.
ReplyDeleteI would have left when the man said he could not take it anymore and begged for it to stop. The experimenter said at the beginning that you can stop at anytime and still would be paid for the experiment. After hearing the man screaming please stop, I feel that it would be my fault if any harm or even death could happen if I continued with the test. I noticed that the people that refused to continue felt they would be responsible if something happened to the learner and the people who continued said that the experimenter in charge was the one responsible.
ReplyDeleteA) I don't believe i could have continued on to far in the experiment. If i was to hear someone yelling knowing that i am the one making them yell i would feel really bad. Once the experimenter told me to continue i think i would have to say no. I don't believe i could have been peer pressured into hurting them any longer, especially if he insisted he had heart problems. If i was to be informed of that condition before the experiment started i probably wouldn't even have started. I wouldn't be able to put someone in danger like that even if someone insisted it was safe.
ReplyDeleteA) If I were put in that situation, I do not think that I could continue with the experiment. Even if the experimentor told me to continue. I would feel horrible if I made someone in pain. Especially if someone had a heart condition. I would not want to be held liable for putting someone's health at risk. No one should have to go throught that ordeal. The experimentor could not be a 100% sure if their would be side effects to the person getting shocked. Before the subjects fill out the paper work, they should ask whether or not they have any health related issues (heart problems). That way, they won't be able to participate. At the same time, the subject could of said that they were done with the experiment instead of going through the ordeal.
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ReplyDeleteA) If I was a participant in the Milgram Study and I had to sit there and shock someone I would refuse to comtinue once I knew the person in the chair was being hurt. I couldnt imagine what it would feel like. Plus I was told before the test that it was ok if i wanted to leave. There would be no backfire for my actions because I wouldnt simply get up and leave.
Its hard to imaagine what I would do unless I was in that situation. I would like to think I'm the kind of person that, like the other gentleman in the clip, would tell the instructor that I have the opportunity to back out at any time. I'm not the kind of person that likes to cause others pain, but when faced with an authority figure I think most people feel that they have to obey and respect them.
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ReplyDeleteIf I was chosen to be part of Milgrams Study, I would not be able to take part, just knowing there is someone is the other room that I am hurting with a small volt is has an affect on the pain tolerance. I would not pay anyone to take any part of this study. Us as people have a right to say yes or no to anything that we do not want to be pressure to do.
Jamie U. PHIL 250-901 Answer to A.
ReplyDeleteIt's easy for me to sit here on my laptop and say what I would or wouldn't have done as a participant in the Milgram study. However, saying it and actually experiencing it are two different things. I like to think that I know myself well enough though to clearly state what I would have done.
I would have acted in a similar way as the first participant shown to walk out. The first "ow" i would have asked if the participant on the other side was alright or not because I am uncomfortable at the thought of causing someone else pain. I would have kept going though because after all the person on the other side did volunteer. However once they said "stop" I wouldn't go any further no matter what an "authority" figure said. As long as it was stated that I could stop whenever I want and even if it wasn't, I have never really had a problem going against what I thought was wrong. Even if it does involve an authority figure.
It is a difficult position to be in though because we are told from the time we are young to listen to adults, to respect them and do as they say. We take what they say as a truth. We aren't supposed to question or disobey. I think that is why so may abuse cases are afraid not only to tell someone else, but also to fight back or simply just try to get away. I was fortunate enough to have parents that encouraged me to stand up for what I believe is right even if it is to someone in an authority position like a teacher or in my case in reality, my boss.
Jennifer M PHIL 250. Answer A.
ReplyDeleteIf I was a participant in the Milgram's study I would not go on. I couldn't handle hurting anyone in any kind of experiment. It's not worth it. I would probably just get up and leave. I know if I was the one getting shocked I would not appreciate it at all no matter who was telling me to go on with the experiment.
Answering A
ReplyDeleteI think that if I had been a participant in this study, I would have been skeptical from the start. I don't know if I would have ever believed that someone was actually being shocked. However, if I did participate I don't think I would have continued after hearing the first sound of pain. I was totally apalled that people even went through with the first question after hearing that the guy had a heart condition. I'd be terrified of causing a heart attack. Had the experimentor told me I must continue, I feel like I would have walked out...but I guess you never know until you are there under the pressure.
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ReplyDeleteIf I was part of the Milgram study I am not to sure what I would do. I know that I could start to do the experiment but the first time I heard a yell I don't know if i could still do it. And if the experimenter in charge answered, “The experiment requires you to continue?” after the person was yelling stop, then I would of demanded to get paid and I would of walked out.
Aftered watching the video i was surprised that women where more likely to keep going I thought man would be the more willing ones.
If i was part of the Milgram experiment i would have probably kept going when the experimenter told me to keep going. As long as i was told that the person would be alright i dont think it would have bothered me to much. If i thought the experimenter was and expierienced individual and knew what he was talking about i probably wouldn't have given much thought to the individual being tested. It's not that it wsouldnt have bothered me to hear someone in pain, but if there was someone else liable for any damage done then i would consider my self to be just doing as i was told and i believe that most people would feel the same except for a select few as seen in the video we have watched in class.
ReplyDeleteIf I were part of the Milgram experiment. I would have definitely stopped when the person said enough. What I can't decide is if I would have been able to continue after thinking I was zapping a person. I don't know that I would have honestly even been able to zap them once.
ReplyDeleteI do know that I would have held the person running the experiment to their word when they said you could stop the experiemnt at any time. It was pretty bold for them to try and get people to change their minds when they were saying they were done
Joseph Houde
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If i was a subject in the Milgram experiment that required me to continue, I would not conflict any punishment. If the instructor said "it's crucial that you continue the experiment", I would not continue and walk out of the room, due to the fact that this experiment is a way to see if people have the extent of feeling each others pain and misery. I would simply walk away before I even began.
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ReplyDeleteIf I were a participant in the Milgram’s study of obedience, I would have definitely protested. In the beginning of the experiment, participants were told that they may leave at anytime during the experiment, therefore I would have taken that into consideration, especially when I was told that the “experiment requires you to continue”. There are weak people and there are strong people. The stronger people will do what they feel is correct in high pressure situations while the weak are too afraid to stand up for what they believe in. I would have walked out of the experiment knowing I did the correct thing by leaving. Putting another innocent human being in danger because someone is telling you to, isn’t right. However, that person could have walked out as well.
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ReplyDeleteIt is very hard to say what you would do in a situation until you are actually in it, however I truly feel that if I heard another human being in pain I would refuse to continue. I do not think that it would be easy to walk out of the experiment with the controller telling you no, but I would not be able to sit there and continue to put someone else through pain. When you begin the experiment you are told that you can refuse to continue at any time. Given that you have that choice I do not feel that it should be an issue to leave as soon as you begin to feel uncomfortable. Pressure from the controller should not even be an issue when someone else is in pain or in jeopardy.
In Milgram's study, I found that most of the participants on the giving end, did not stand up for what was right. Personally, I would have participated until I heard the man on the receiving end scream in pain and complain about his heart. I would have told the psychologist that I was not interested in continuing with the test. I listen to authority until it goes against my personal values and morals. If I was told that I had to continue with the testing after I told them I was done, I would have said that I volunteered to participate. I am not being forced to do anything that involves physically hurting people. It goes against everything I believe.
ReplyDelete(A) I know I would never put myself in a situation where i would have to intentionally hurt somebody. If someone told me the person on the other side would be getting shock with actual volts of electricity and said they would not be harmed in any way. I think any person should have the commen sense to know that a person with a heart condition could absolutley be harmed by electric shock. I just think even if someone who was authority to me told me to harm someone in anyway, i could not do it.
ReplyDelete(A) I personally could not let myself be forced into a situation to intentionally harm another individual, especially knowing that the individual already has health problems and could really be put into more danger with his /her health issues being shocked with electrical volts for unecessary reasons such as a experiment. Afterall if I were on the recieving end of it I would not want someone to continue to shock me if I had asked them to stop. My answer is to walk away anyway.
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ReplyDeleteHonestly I cannot tell you exactly what I would do if I was put in that situation. I would like to believe that once I heard the other person in pain and knowing that they had a heart condition I would not continue. Even after the instructor would tell me to continue, I still would refuse. I am known to stick up for what I believe in so I definitely could see myself walking out on the experiment. It also didn't surprise me at all that the woman in the video were able to go farther in the experiment.
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ReplyDeleteIf I were a participant in the Milgram's Study, I honestly think that I wouldnt have the heart to continue hurting an individual intentionally. I can not say for sure exactly what I would have done considering I have never been put in this particular situation before. I can say that I wouldnt have a problem refusing to stop and stand up for what I believe is right from worng. I dont think at all that the pressure from the person in authority would have any influence on my decision.
I would like to believe that if I was in the milgram’s study of obedience that I would be the one to not even start asking with the shock or at least not go on after pain had been inflicted on the volunteer. I am not sure what I would have done because I have never been in that environment ever before. one hand I don’t listen to other and think for myself. I also don’t like giving anyone any kind of pain and I also have a kind heart. I also have always only listened to authority figures and when I get around people that have authority over me I tend to do as they say and I also get kind of blank in the mind and don’t know how to think for myself for them couple of minutes. So I’m not sure how I would react to the experiment.
ReplyDeleteI dont know what I would of done if I was in the Milgram's Study. I would hope I would stop when someone asked me to if they were being hurt from the test. Me prersonaly I know I would not invole myself with anything like that. I would listen to a person in authority to a certine extent. Then i would have to usse my best judgment.
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ReplyDeleteHad I protested in that situation and urged to move forward by the experimenter, I might have asked why I had to. Also, if the experimenter was certain that no harm was being done to the person on the other side. I would just verify with the person on the other side if they were in pain and make my judgement whether or not to proceed as ordered. If they sounded like they were really suffering I would probably walk out, despite what the experimenter said. However, at the same time I agreed to be apart of this experiment. If a person is suffering, it is definitley not worth $50 to finish the experiment.
Tameka Jessmore
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If I was a participant in Milgram’s study of obedience and the experimenter in charge insisted I continue on with the experiment, I can honestly say I would stop. I dont have the heart to hurt someone and even if I was insisted to go on, I would stop and ask "Why"? If the experimenter in charger kept telling me to go on, I would walk out not even caring about his reason why he wanted me to. Ii did participate I would be a volunteer for the experiment meaning I have the right to walk out as soon as I feel uncomfortable with the situation and the thought of hurting someone else. I think no matter what, in the end I would walk away.
I would have an agenda of my own before I even started pressing buttons. As soon as he said that I get paid no matter what I would press the first button then leave. No need in wasting each others time. I have things to do and if we are going to be there for while then I going to find a loophole somehow. I mean the whole thing sounds kind of crazy. If your going to shock someone for fifty bucks then that shows no thought process at all. He said he had a heart condition, if he did then any amount of electricity could harm him. The whole thing doesn't sound right.
ReplyDeleteIf I were asked to be a part of this Milgrim experiment, I could not possibly predict what I would do without physically expirencing the situation. If I were to say what I would or would not do it could contridict my actual reaction when the instructor presses me to continue the experiment. The only thing I can do is imagine in my head that I were there carrying out the first few electrical shocks, and I feel I would be skeptical of the situation at a certian point due to the lack of genuine emotional reaction that I was witnessing in the video.
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ReplyDeleteFrom the outside looking in, it is pretty easy to say that I would act this way or that way. However, without actually being in the situation, I cannot say for sure how I would react. I believe that I would not lose my moral compass. In response to the experimenter comment “The experiment requires you to continue,” I would counter that this experiment is flawed because no one should cause harm to another living thing. From the outcries coming from the other participant that I am causing him harm, therefore, I cannot in good conscience continue with the experiment. The experimenter could challenge that I have harmed the participant since the start of experiment, but I continued to shock him so why stop now.
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I think that the before the ‘prisoners’ agreed to be part of the experiment, they should have guidelines put in place on how they would be treated. Once they were in the situation, it becomes difficult to get out of the situation. Even if as a whole they stood up to the ‘guards,’ they would have risked their well being.
(A) I don't know what I would do. I think I could only go so far. I know I don't like being in pain. I think once I heard the other person telling them to stop the experiment, I would. I would have to just get up and walk out without getting paid. You have a certain breaking point to what is ethical and what is not.
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ReplyDeleteTo my full opinion, I feel the Miligram study was propable for all different reasons.But people do have right to decisions, and it seems that some of the experimenters were over-whelmed from the experiment.
If I was told to continue, Id tell them straight where to go. If myself and anyone else feels they are harming another in an experiment like this, they should have full empowerment to dis-continue. I probably would of flipped out, without thinking before.
I would say that from where I am sitting right now I would not have gone along with the study. I would refuse to participate. It sounds very easy to say no but I think that if I were actually in that position it would be very difficult to say no. I have witnessed situations where people can get pulled into "group thought". When everyone else is doing something you know is wrong but still go along with the group. I experienced this during jury duty once. Many jurors wanted to go one way without thoroughly considering all the facts. It can backfire though. The group could turn against you.
ReplyDeleteIf I was one of the people who was told to "shock" the person when they didnt get a question right, I honestly feel that I would have continued with the whole test until the person running the experiment dismissed me from administering the test.
ReplyDeleteI am that type of person who always does what ever an authority figure tells me to. If I was one of those people in the experiment, I would have been assured that the shock would not kill/hurt the shockee, therefore I don’t think I would have seen any danger in what I was doing.
As for the heart problem issue with the shockee. That could possibly be the only thing that might make have made me stop the experiment, but even then, I would still feel that I had to do my job as the test administrator and finish what I was brought there to do.
I didn’t see any direct danger. If I did then maybe I would have done something different.
If I was a participant in the Milgram study and I protested the experiment and some told me “The experiment requires you to continue?” I would completely refuse to continue. The reason I would not continue is because even though they keep telling you the person is in no danger I would still have a internal conflict of right and wrong. I feel that even if the person is in no danger, I still feel that it is wrong to keep going when the person on the other side is pleading for you to stop. No matter what the person run the experiment says I would do what I think is right.
ReplyDeleteThe other choices they could have given the prisoners could have been a safe word when they feel that things were going too far. If the safe word was ever used the person should have been evaluated by someone from a safety board and give the option to stay or quit. That’s the only good thing I could think of.
If I were to participate in the Milgram study and they had said to me I had to finish the experiment after I heard the person in the other room say “ it is enough”, I would have stopped. At the beginning of the experiment they say you may stop it at anytime. Not only would I have to think of myself in this experiment I would also think of the other person whom I thought was being shocked. Once I hear them say enough that is when I would have stopped. No one in my mind can tell me what to do whether they are 20 years older than me or 20 years younger than me. I am my own person and I have to think and do things the way I believe is right. I feel nobody’s life should be put in danger to prove a point, so I would never listen to someone tell me this experiment has to go on when someone’s life is in danger.
ReplyDeletei hated that movie i hate to hear people in pain and i would hate to listen to people be in pain. i feel like no one should be able to do that to anyone and not feel bad about it. its crazy
ReplyDeletei feel like it should be agenst the law to do that to anyone. putting anyone in pain like that should face time
First and foremost I've never been comforatable guessing what I would do in a situation until actually being in it.I believe I would have had the initial reaction of turning around to see the controllers reaction to the yelps.I suppose if I thought the person was truly experiencing pain I would question why I was doing this.If asked to continue I would remind the controller of the deal initially made.If asked again I would leave with the money. Afterall that was the deal made.I would have loved to know that the person on the other side was acting then I could have done an experiment of my own.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I know I almost always do what i am told im not sure if i was apart of the Milgram experiment that i would be able to continue. I'm sure everyone thinks that and when the opprotunity arises you are surprised at how you would have done but when the person on the other side of the wall began having pain i wouldn't be able to have that on my consciene if something happened to him. One of the ways that would have been interesting to study was if the type of authority had a differnece on the people. Such as having perhaps a stronger, older man compared to a young women. I feel like people would typically feel more comfortable overiding a young person even perhaps a women then a older or physically intimidating man. Society has taught us that those who dont obey are bad and punished so when someone (especially your elders) tell you to do something you rarely ask questions and just do what you are told. All in all im not certain as to what i would have done until i was in that exact position.
ReplyDeleteA) I couldnt imagine hearing someone scream because i shock them for every wrong answer. I believe if I was offered to take part I would decline. I have to much empathy to take part in something so mean. How could anyone take part in that, it shocks me to think that it don't bother people until they reached the 150 volts. It would of killed me to even buzz someone at 10 volts. It bothers me even more to think that someone thought that up. If he told me I had to continue, I would walk out and not even look back.
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ReplyDeleteBeing shocked with 300 to 400 volts would be excrutiating. I can not go through that much pain. If the expierementor said that they have to proceed and can't go on, I think I would get to the boiling edge and start a riot.
On the other hand, some people might go through with it, just because they might get paid or they love all the shocks. I just can't stand it when other people are getting electricuted and they have no other option but to proceed
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ReplyDeleteOther options and choices that may have been available at the time for the student "prisoners" in the Stanford University 1971 experiment could have experienced the difference between real prison behavior and obedience and military boot camp behavior and obedience. This film took place in 1971 during the Vietnam War, during the film these students made their own rules where there was not much of a difference than bullying, This may have caused a different type of reaction then over controlled authority. There could have been a study comparing Vietnam prisoners to our very own prisoners.
i would have freaked out if i hear them screaming. i could not handle that. i wish this experiment didn't happen and i fell there were other ways to test this other then messing with peoples emotions
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ReplyDeleteI have always been fastinated with the human brain and what little is known about it. Humans have been alive for thousands of years and with all the technology and knowledge today, I can't understand why there is limited knowledge of the human brain. During the Migram Experience, It was interesting to me to see how children responded to the temptation of a marshmallow sitting before them, why would one choose to eat the marshmallow and another child would not?
ReplyDeleteEven more interesting to me was a decade later seeing how those same exact children under observation were compared to each other. The children that did not eat the marshmallow, seemed to have more patience and perserverance. The children that ate the marshmallow, were said to have been less patience, and made negative decisions in life choices.
I share a different point of view. Trying to see it from each childs persective. The child that ate the marshmallow wanted instant gratification. One marshmallow was good enough to them. The children that got rewarded for waiting got two marshmallows instead of one, learning that waiting got them more. But lets say it was something more valuable to a child? What if the children were infants, teens or adults do the results mean the same thing? Are you being molded or conforming to what others believe is the right thing or are they your beliefs?
I stumbled across these questions, as I asked myself what I would do if I were the kid in front of that marshmallow. What does it mean if I dont even like marshmallows? As we grow, don't we learn what is important to wait for and what isn't? I think I would have eaten the marshmallow. I know I am the type of person that likes instant gratification. Although I do know and understand that not everything...in fact hardly anything at all thats worth something comes to us instantly.
I feel the Milgram study was indeed interesting and would be very interested to find more studies and different views on the subject. Part of the Milgram Experience that I agreed with , from my own personal experiences with children, there are different behavioral and personality patterns that prevent children from growing into healthy young adults, that can display emotions in the proper context. With more studies, and more discoveries made about the human brain all the time, a better understanding and available treatments and possibly preventions can be made.
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ReplyDeleteIf I was ordered to continue with the experiment, I would not listened to the experimenter, even if he said it was required for me to do so. I would have walked out of the room and be done with the experiment. I cannot handle putting someone in pain by shocking them if they answered incorrectly. Especially when someone could have a health problem ex: heart problem. I would of quit the experiment early on. I think the experimenters should come up with other options instead of shocking people and causing harm to them.
I believe that if I had participated in the milgrams experience I would have been one of the few participants to stop the experiment even though the experimenter would say the experiment requires that I continue. The reason why I believe I would stop would be because in the beginning of the experiment, it was clear that both participants could stop at any time. With this knowledge in mind, I am not the one getting shocked so I am not the one suffering and I do not know what it feels like. If I made this choice and decided to stop it would have the effect on not continuing the experiment, which I would feel like I had prevented the experimenter from finding out his hypothesis.
ReplyDeletei believe that the milgram experience was cool to see what people will do with authority standing there.i probably would have kept going until i heard the guy screaming on the other side of the wall. im not sure tho.
ReplyDeleteA) I couldnt imagine hearing someone scream because i shock them for every wrong answer. I believe if I was offered to take part I would decline. I have to much empathy to take part in something so mean. How could anyone take part in that, it shocks me to think that it don't bother people until they reached the 150 volts. It would of killed me to even buzz someone at 10 volts. It bothers me even more to think that someone thought that up. If he told me I had to continue, I would walk out and not even look back.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure why my original post on this subject didn't stay on here, but I will try to write something similar.
ReplyDeleteI would really like to thing of myself as being highly guided by my sense of right and wrong. This is true for me. I tend to do the right thing when noone is looking. There is the other side of me however, that tends to follow order. I would like to say that I would be the first person to stop causing pain to another person, but I really don't know if that would be true. There is also that part of me(think maybe it came from the military) that follows orders and holds the greater good over personal my personal feelings.
My old post is gone but i think i wrote something along the lines of,
ReplyDeleteI think that in that position i would be able to stay grounded and in check but if soemone of authority told me to do something i would do it because thats how i was raised. You listen to your elders and people of authority (teachers, coaches, uncles, older cousions and brother). I hope i would be able to make a difference and say no when i needed but im not sure until i would be in that position.