Class Starter #1Class Starter #1►You are going to complete 6 tasks.You are going to complete 6 tasks.

►5. Now we are going to do the class 5. Now we are going to do the class cheer in unison. Yell it as loud as you cheer in unison. Yell it as loud as you can 3 times.can 3 times.

►““We’ve got psych spirit yes we do, We’ve got psych spirit yes we do, we’ve got psych spirit how ‘bout you?”we’ve got psych spirit how ‘bout you?”

Freewrite (at least ½ page)Freewrite (at least ½ page)►What are some attributes you expect What are some attributes you expect

of an authority figure? of an authority figure? ►Why do we obey authority?Why do we obey authority?►Should we always obey authority?Should we always obey authority?►How does a person get power or How does a person get power or

authority?authority?►Describe what society would be like Describe what society would be like

without authority. without authority.

When you look at the picture, what is the first image you see?

Stanley Milgram ExperimentStanley Milgram Experiment

Milgram set up a simple experiment at Yale University to test how much pain an ordinary citizen would inflict on another person simply because he was ordered to by someone in authority.

Would you electrocute a Would you electrocute a stranger if Hitler asked you to?stranger if Hitler asked you to?

► Could the Holocaust Could the Holocaust occur again in occur again in America?America?

► The shocking The shocking answers by Stanley answers by Stanley Milgram (1963)Milgram (1963)

► With 1,000 ordinary With 1,000 ordinary people who people who answered his ad.answered his ad.

1,000 people responded

No college students.

20-50 years old

Wanted: ordinary peopleFactory workers, businessmen, clerks,

► The “Learner” gets The “Learner” gets attached to attached to shocking device.shocking device.

“Teacher” increases shocks. Dissents, but OBEYS authority.

Who would go all the way and Who would go all the way and administer 450 volts (XXX administer 450 volts (XXX highest setting)?highest setting)?

Milgram asked 40 psychologists what % would go all the way? They said 1%. (1% of Americans are sadistic & this is sadistic behavior.) They could not have been more wrong. 2/3rds gave the 450 volts in the first study. Milgram did 16 similar studies. In the last study, 90% of the participants go all the way. Women no different from men.

Real World ParallelsReal World Parallels

►This is research. What is the This is research. What is the validity of this experiment? How validity of this experiment? How can you apply it to real world can you apply it to real world situations? situations?

Jim Jones persuaded his followers to commit mass suicide.

They died because of their blind obedience to authority.

Modern “Lucifer Effect”

Stanford Prison ExperimentStanford Prison Experiment(1973)(1973)

HomeworkHomework►At my school webpage, view the Stanford At my school webpage, view the Stanford

Prison Experiment Power point Prison Experiment Power point http://http://www.prisonexp.orgwww.prisonexp.org//. . Take notesTake notes. . Describe the experiment, the Describe the experiment, the participants, what happened during the participants, what happened during the experiment, your opinion of the experiment, your opinion of the experiment. Was it ethical?experiment. Was it ethical?

► In class tomorrow we will watch the video In class tomorrow we will watch the video of the experiment. Attach your notes to of the experiment. Attach your notes to the worksheet I give you in class.the worksheet I give you in class.