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From reading about the Milgram Experiment,1. Why do you think so many participants were willing to give what they thought were lethal shocks to the learners? 2. Was the Milgram Experiment ethical? NOTE: The shocks were fake.Minimum 150 words. No citations or references required.
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Milgram Experiment
Professor Ferragut
What is the Milgram
Experiment?
Subjects Pretended to Get Shocked
Social Psychologist Stanley
Milgram created an experiment
to study conformity and
obedience. (1960s/70s)
He wanted to see how far a
person would go to conform.
even if they thought the other
person was getting really hurt in
the process. Would the
participant “follow orders” even
if they thought the other person
could even potentially die from
the shock they thought they
were administering?
Photo Source: Milgram Experiment [Digital image]. (2017, May
16). Retrieved from http://jsavalle.com/milgram-experimentcompany-culture-work-ethics/
History Behind the Milgram Experiment
This experiment was conducted not too long after the
Holocaust (less than 30 years). The world was struggling with
why so many would follow Hitler and other Nazi’s orders. The
following paragraph taken from the History of Psychology
Archives explains the purpose of Milgram’s research.
“The aftermath of the Holocaust and the events leading up to
World War II, the world was stunned with the happenings in
Nazi German and their acquired surrounding territories that
came out during the Eichmann Trials. Eichmann, a high ranking
official of the Nazi Party, was on trial for war crimes and crimes
against humanity. The questions is, “Could it be that Eichmann,
and his million accomplices in the Holocaust were just following
orders? Could we call them all accomplices?” (Milgram,
1974). Milgram answered the call to this problem by performing
a series of studies on obedience to authority”(Miller, 1997).
Reference
Miller,H. (1997, May). Stanley Milgram: Overview of Milgram’s
Theory. History of Psychology Archives. Retrieved July 19, 2013
from http://muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/milgram.h
tm
Explaining the
Milgram Study
Short video clip explaining the Milgram Experiment
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?
auth=CAS&url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylist
s.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=114743&loid=416278
Source: Beyond Milgram: Obedience and
identity [Video file]. (2016). Retrieved February 12,
2020, from
https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=27
3866&xtid=114743
What Can We Learn from the
Milgram Experiment?
We are going to watch some analysis of the
Milgram Experiment and then discuss the
experiment.
Milgram Experiment: Questions To Ponder
• How might our societal norms when it comes to physical
punishment in society impacted the results? Could other
cultural norms impact results?
• Do you think the results would be the same if done today?
• Where should a person draw the line between following orders
from authority and doing something unethical?
• What different factors or demographics could impact behaviors
in this situation? (If any)
More Videos from the CSU Library on the Milgram Study
(1) Pros and cons of ethical regulations on psychological research.
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=http
s://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=40131
Source: Obedience and ethics: Benefits and costs of psychological
conformity studies [Video file]. (2001). Retrieved February 12, 2020, from
https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=40131
More Videos from the CSU Library on the Milgram Study
(2) Beyond Milgram: Obedience and Identity
This fascinating 20-minute video talks about the connection between social identity
and obedience. It discussed how it is important to look at the reasons for people
disobeying. They argue people don’t obey blindly. They obey if their beliefs align
or they feel the person leading has a cause they relate to or believe in. Did the
“teachers” that were willing to shock at high volts identify with the teacher or the
student? Video argues people don’t follow authority blindly – they follow it
because they believed in the scientific cause.
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=https://fod.in
fobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=114743
Source: Beyond Milgram: Obedience and identity [Video file]. (2016). Retrieved
February 12, 2020, from
https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=114743
More Videos from the CSU Library on the Milgram Study
(3) “Milgram”, “Milgram’s Experiment”, “Milgram Results”
Milgram – Background information on Milgram
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=https://fod.infobase.com/Port
alPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=47379&loid=129934
Milgram’s Experiment – Concise overview of the Milgram Experiment
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=https://fod.infobase.com/Port
alPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=47379&loid=129935
Milgram’s Results – Milgram explains why he thinks 65% were willing to go through with what they
thought was a lethal shock.
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=https://fod.infobase.com/Port
alPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=47379&loid=129936
Source for the 3 clips: Great thinkers: Human, all too human [Video file]. (2011). Retrieved February
12, 2020, from https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=47379
Pew Research Resource
Where to learn more about societal
views & perceptions about crime and
deviance in society.
https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/p
olitics-policy/political-issues/criminaljustice/
Milgram Experiment
What is the Milgram
Experiment?
Subjects Pretended to Get Shocked
Social Psychologist Stanley
Milgram created an experiment
to study conformity and
obedience. (1960s/70s)
He wanted to see how far a
person would go to conform.
even if they thought the other
person was getting really hurt in
the process. Would the
participant “follow orders” even
if they thought the other person
could even potentially die from
the shock they thought they
were administering?
Photo Source: Milgram Experiment [Digital image]. (2017, May
16). Retrieved from http://jsavalle.com/milgram-experimentcompany-culture-work-ethics/
History Behind the Milgram Experiment
This experiment was conducted not too long after the
Holocaust (less than 30 years). The world was struggling with
why so many would follow Hitler and other Nazi’s orders. The
following paragraph taken from the History of Psychology
Archives explains the purpose of Milgram’s research.
“The aftermath of the Holocaust and the events leading up to
World War II, the world was stunned with the happenings in
Nazi German and their acquired surrounding territories that
came out during the Eichmann Trials. Eichmann, a high ranking
official of the Nazi Party, was on trial for war crimes and crimes
against humanity. The questions is, “Could it be that Eichmann,
and his million accomplices in the Holocaust were just following
orders? Could we call them all accomplices?” (Milgram,
1974). Milgram answered the call to this problem by performing
a series of studies on obedience to authority”(Miller, 1997).
Reference
Miller,H. (1997, May). Stanley Milgram: Overview of Milgram’s
Theory. History of Psychology Archives. Retrieved July 19, 2013
from http://muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/milgram.h
tm
Explaining the
Milgram Study
Short video clip explaining the Milgram Experiment
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?
auth=CAS&url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylist
s.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=114743&loid=416278
Source: Beyond Milgram: Obedience and
identity [Video file]. (2016). Retrieved February 12,
2020, from
https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=27
3866&xtid=114743
What Can We Learn from the
Milgram Experiment?
We are going to watch some analysis of the
Milgram Experiment and then discuss the
experiment.
Milgram Experiment: Questions To Ponder
• How might our societal norms when it comes to physical
punishment in society impacted the results? Could other
cultural norms impact results?
• Do you think the results would be the same if done today?
• Where should a person draw the line between following orders
from authority and doing something unethical?
• What different factors or demographics could impact behaviors
in this situation? (If any)
More Videos from the CSU Library on the Milgram Study
(1) Pros and cons of ethical regulations on psychological research.
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=http
s://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=40131
Source: Obedience and ethics: Benefits and costs of psychological
conformity studies [Video file]. (2001). Retrieved February 12, 2020, from
https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=40131
More Videos from the CSU Library on the Milgram Study
(2) Beyond Milgram: Obedience and Identity
This fascinating 20-minute video talks about the connection between social identity
and obedience. It discussed how it is important to look at the reasons for people
disobeying. They argue people don’t obey blindly. They obey if their beliefs align
or they feel the person leading has a cause they relate to or believe in. Did the
“teachers” that were willing to shock at high volts identify with the teacher or the
student? Video argues people don’t follow authority blindly – they follow it
because they believed in the scientific cause.
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=https://fod.in
fobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=114743
Source: Beyond Milgram: Obedience and identity [Video file]. (2016). Retrieved
February 12, 2020, from
https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=114743
More Videos from the CSU Library on the Milgram Study
(3) “Milgram”, “Milgram’s Experiment”, “Milgram Results”
Milgram – Background information on Milgram
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=https://fod.infobase.com/Port
alPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=47379&loid=129934
Milgram’s Experiment – Concise overview of the Milgram Experiment
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=https://fod.infobase.com/Port
alPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=47379&loid=129935
Milgram’s Results – Milgram explains why he thinks 65% were willing to go through with what they
thought was a lethal shock.
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=https://fod.infobase.com/Port
alPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=47379&loid=129936
Source for the 3 clips: Great thinkers: Human, all too human [Video file]. (2011). Retrieved February
12, 2020, from https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=47379
Pew Research Resource
Where to learn more about societal
views & perceptions about crime and
deviance in society.
https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/p
olitics-policy/political-issues/criminaljustice/
Milgram Experiment
What is the Milgram
Experiment?
Subjects Pretended to Get Shocked
Social Psychologist Stanley
Milgram created an experiment
to study conformity and
obedience. (1960s/70s)
He wanted to see how far a
person would go to conform.
even if they thought the other
person was getting really hurt in
the process. Would the
participant “follow orders” even
if they thought the other person
could even potentially die from
the shock they thought they
were administering?
Photo Source: Milgram Experiment [Digital image]. (2017, May
16). Retrieved from http://jsavalle.com/milgram-experimentcompany-culture-work-ethics/
History Behind the Milgram Experiment
This experiment was conducted not too long after the
Holocaust (less than 30 years). The world was struggling with
why so many would follow Hitler and other Nazi’s orders. The
following paragraph taken from the History of Psychology
Archives explains the purpose of Milgram’s research.
“The aftermath of the Holocaust and the events leading up to
World War II, the world was stunned with the happenings in
Nazi German and their acquired surrounding territories that
came out during the Eichmann Trials. Eichmann, a high ranking
official of the Nazi Party, was on trial for war crimes and crimes
against humanity. The questions is, “Could it be that Eichmann,
and his million accomplices in the Holocaust were just following
orders? Could we call them all accomplices?” (Milgram,
1974). Milgram answered the call to this problem by performing
a series of studies on obedience to authority”(Miller, 1997).
Reference
Miller,H. (1997, May). Stanley Milgram: Overview of Milgram’s
Theory. History of Psychology Archives. Retrieved July 19, 2013
from http://muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/milgram.h
tm
Explaining the
Milgram Study
Short video clip explaining the Milgram Experiment
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?
auth=CAS&url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylist
s.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=114743&loid=416278
Source: Beyond Milgram: Obedience and
identity [Video file]. (2016). Retrieved February 12,
2020, from
https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=27
3866&xtid=114743
What Can We Learn from the
Milgram Experiment?
We are going to watch some analysis of the
Milgram Experiment and then discuss the
experiment.
Milgram Experiment: Questions To Ponder
• How might our societal norms when it comes to physical
punishment in society impacted the results? Could other
cultural norms impact results?
• Do you think the results would be the same if done today?
• Where should a person draw the line between following orders
from authority and doing something unethical?
• What different factors or demographics could impact behaviors
in this situation? (If any)
More Videos from the CSU Library on the Milgram Study
(1) Pros and cons of ethical regulations on psychological research.
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=http
s://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=40131
Source: Obedience and ethics: Benefits and costs of psychological
conformity studies [Video file]. (2001). Retrieved February 12, 2020, from
https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=40131
More Videos from the CSU Library on the Milgram Study
(2) Beyond Milgram: Obedience and Identity
This fascinating 20-minute video talks about the connection between social identity
and obedience. It discussed how it is important to look at the reasons for people
disobeying. They argue people don’t obey blindly. They obey if their beliefs align
or they feel the person leading has a cause they relate to or believe in. Did the
“teachers” that were willing to shock at high volts identify with the teacher or the
student? Video argues people don’t follow authority blindly – they follow it
because they believed in the scientific cause.
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=https://fod.in
fobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=114743
Source: Beyond Milgram: Obedience and identity [Video file]. (2016). Retrieved
February 12, 2020, from
https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=114743
More Videos from the CSU Library on the Milgram Study
(3) “Milgram”, “Milgram’s Experiment”, “Milgram Results”
Milgram – Background information on Milgram
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=https://fod.infobase.com/Port
alPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=47379&loid=129934
Milgram’s Experiment – Concise overview of the Milgram Experiment
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=https://fod.infobase.com/Port
alPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=47379&loid=129935
Milgram’s Results – Milgram explains why he thinks 65% were willing to go through with what they
thought was a lethal shock.
https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=https://fod.infobase.com/Port
alPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=47379&loid=129936
Source for the 3 clips: Great thinkers: Human, all too human [Video file]. (2011). Retrieved February
12, 2020, from https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=47379
Pew Research Resource
Where to learn more about societal
views & perceptions about crime and
deviance in society.
https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/p
olitics-policy/political-issues/criminaljustice/
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