Monday, October 22, 2012

"The Milgram Experiment"

This experiment was very interesting to me. Its amazing to see how far someone would go when they are giving the authority over others. Tweleve students were given the role to be a teacher, and were told to shock the student if he had got the word pairing wrong. The shock was from 15 bolts to 450 bolts. Nine student went on with the experiment which couldve killed the person if the experiment was real. But the people who were playing the rol of the teacher did not know that it wasnt real and that it was an experiment. With that being said, those nine had absolutely no remorse for the person sitting in the other room. They felt that they were being pressured by the professor which was their authority to do this job. While the three people who found it difficult to continue, ending with one getting up and leaving didnt really care to much about the authority over them. This video just goes to show that here are people in this world who would not care about others feelings as long as they have power. I believe it selfish and that it is a very cold world. I cant believe that power can really lead people to oppress others. I couldnt do such a thing. People commit violence so easily without even knowing it and that is the worse part about the whole experiment. Especially the 19 year old who found absolute joy in what she was doing. I was so disturbed with her reaction and if you check closely she had a fun time while smirking all along through the experiment.

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