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This article is very interesting as it breaks down the Stanley Milgram Experiment, which exposed how much power authority possesses. This page will be beneficial to mine and Jordana's project as it gives us an example of a succesful experiment conducted on this topic and it gives us a scenario that properly explains how people obey authority.

This is exactly what Jordana and I believe are the main causes for the excessive power authority possesses! Our goal is to study why people go against what they believe is right in the presence of authority and this highlighted paragraph provides an answer. It states that people will obey authority due to fear or to be cooperative even when they know their decisions are wrong. This will be an interesting aspect to include into our project.

Extremely interesting article. Not only does it give another summary of Stanley Milgram's experiment but it even compares it to human history. By using the example of the Nazi dominance during World War II, this article uses the Milgram Experiment to help readers understand why so many people obeyed the Nazis during the World War. This is beneficial to mine and Jordana's project as it gives us another useful example to include in our research. What differentiates this example from many we have found is that the Nazi reign over Europe was a huge event in world history thus this example showed us that the power of authority can be so powerful that it leaves a mark in the history of mankind. In addition, it can be used not only to influence one individual but gigantic groups of individuals as well, to go against what they believe is right.

excellent site.

This section further discusses the rapport between the Milgram Experiment and the Nazi reign in Europe. Additionally , it explains something I felt was very intriguing. It explains that Milgram's Experiment has been repeated numerous times and the results that appear are consistent: the majority of people will obey an authority figure even when they feel that they are making a wrong decision.

Make sure that you take into consideration that Milgram was making analogies to the Nazi regime and not explaining it. The important difference was the prevalence of FEAR in the latter.

This webpage is useful because it explains an experiment performed at Yale university that shows the power of authority. We feel a duty to authority and it is for this reason that we are deferential to authority.

This explains one of the major reasons that we respond to authority. It was the way we were brought up. WE were taught to listen to our parents and teachers no matter what, to listen to adults who were at the time superior, to trust police officers, officials, etc. and this has stayed with us as we grew up and it is for these reasons that we have such a blind trust toward authority figure and the reason that we are deferential to authority.

Is this ethical?  Can researchers conduct an experiment and not reveal the true nature of the research?