Milgram & Authority
Duncan Frissell
frissell at panix.com
Tue Apr 26 04:38:10 PDT 1994
B >Q: In this book, does it say whether the test subjects were asked
B >about their thoughts on this? Did they provide an explanation, from
B >
B >their own point of view, for their obedience or what they understood
B >about the objective of the experiment - before & after?
B >
B >Blanc
The subjects were very upset during and after the experiment. Some broke
down while administering "lethal" shocks. They often cried and begged the
"researcher" to let them stop zapping the victim. In those cases where a
white coated researcher with a clipboard was standing behind them, the
subject was much more likely to impose greater shocks than if there was no
"researcher" present.
The main reason they did it is because they were being told to. Primates
have a hard time disobeying authority figures or standing out from the
crowd.
DCF
"Help the Homeless -- Teach them how to sell their identities."
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