Poll: You're in the Milgram Experiment!

[SilverKyo]

psychology is all about the reasons and context for things, especially an experiment like that one. over looking the fact that the experiment, although informative, was ruled extremely unethical, the only way to find out if anyone would stop or not is to run the actual experiment. fictionalizing it with imagination allows you to remove yourself from the equation and think about it like a third party, which as stated, defeats the purpose.

 

[Eisenfaust]

being a psychologist in training i would (assuming the situation took place without me having read this article first (duh)) know the true nature of the experiment, and would so inform the psychologist so as not to be a biased subject

 

[Kortney]

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Then why is it the Australians had such a low compliance rate? They have been historically called out over there lack of respect towards authority (particularly in the World Wars) so perhaps their is a cultural difference there? Your thoughts?

 

[Another]

I'd stop and try to punch the psychologist in the face so I could flee in tears. That's my 100% honest answer. I'm almost peaceful enough to be a full-on pacifist, and the thought of harming another individual that much makes me hate myself. I would never hurt someone unless they were hurting somebody else. So if I would hurt anyone, it would be the psychologist.

Same for me. The thought of hurting someone else disgusts me, and as far as I'm concerned the psychologist can stuff it.