Report on Obedience and Zimbardo’s Experiment on Role Conformity
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Running head: Research On Obedience To Authority And Conformity To Role 1Research On Obedience To Authority And Conformity To Role.NameInstitution.
OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY AND CONFORMITY TO AUTHORITY 2OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITYIntroductionThis report deals with Milgram’s research conducted on authority’s obedience andZimbardo’s Experiment on role conformity. Milgram’s study was based on conflict betweenauthority and individual conscience. His experiment which he used was made up of three people;Teacher, Learner and the experimenter (Armstrong, Smith, Thomas, & Johnson, 2015). Theresearch was performed with an intention of explaining how individuals conform passively anddo not think in both directions and various duties which the top management gives. The twostudies have a wide range of influence not only had impact in educational spheres (Pirker, &Kramer, 2018).). They also affect our general popular understanding and culture, such that eachand everyone know that individuals adhere to demands of authority, regardless of the negativeconsequences (Bar‐Tal, 2017). This work study has enlightened our understanding of humannature and also on conformity.The main goal of Zimbardo was to examine if individuals would conform to social dutiesof a prisoner or prison guard, when both are located in a mock prison environment. (Elcheroth, &Reicher, 2017). He also tries to study whether behavior shown in prisons was because of externalfactors, environment and conditions of the prison, or internal dispositional factors, individualsthemselves. The research carried out by Zimbardo and Milgram both obtained the same outcome(Forsyth, 2018).2. Scientific MethodMilgramAims: Milgram stood concerned with investigating the furthest individuals might go withobserving orders which required damaging the other people.Milgram main concerned with
OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY AND CONFORMITY TO AUTHORITY 3knowing the degree in which a normal person may possibly be subjected and made to commitmurders.Hypothesis: Are the Germans different? This is Milgram’s main hypothesis.Design: This is the act of giving the participant their roles which they have to performaccording to the instruction given before the start of the experiment. Her we have the studentswho are to act as the learner they are being given question which they have to answer correctly.Then there is the experimenter whose role is to advice the teacher in case of any clarification.The role of the teacher is to read out questions which are in the form of words. Then there is theposition of a chair which was used to impart punishment.Participants: According to the public announcement made for the recruitment of personsfor the research study. Individuals who are willing to help were absorbed for a lab experimentexamining “learning”.Those that Participated sum up to 40 men and their age bracket rankedfrom 20 to 50, whose jobs ranged from those that do not possess any skills to professional (thosethat have the necessary skills).Procedure:the experiment started with the introduction of participants to each other whowas really a partner to the investigator. Straws were sketched to illustrate respective duties–teacher/learner – even though this stood fixed as well as confederate at all times ended to learner.An “experimenter” put on lab coat, white in color, played by the actor.The person who acts as “learner” was then being strapped to a chair in a different roomwith electrodes. Once he has mastered several word pairs set for the learning purpose, the"teacher" then tests him by mentioning a word and inquiring the learner to recall its partner/pairfrom a list of four possible choices (Millard, 2014). The teacher was to follow instruction ofadministering an electric shock in case the learner makes a mistake, adding the level of shock
OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY AND CONFORMITY TO AUTHORITY 4each time. The shock generator marked a total of thirty switches started with 15 volts and endwith 450 volts. Learners from the study were not allowed to give wrong answers and incase ofthe wrong answer electric shock was to be given to learners. Where the teacher declined to giveout shock he should get direction from experimenter for proper instruction. The Experimenterthen provide standard instructions which states “please continue" or "the experiment wants youto continue"In the experiment there exist four prods and incase one was not followed, then the experimenter give out another prod, and it was to be continued in that order. Explanation of the Results
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