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alicia waid

Milgram's Experiment on Obedience to Authority - 4 views

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      Excellent site for summary of Milgram's experiment.
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      Important to note the different kinds of studies that were made. (2 variations talked about.)
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      Results: Important to note the 3 different outcomes. State brief explanations of how they're different.
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      Milgram expected what the majority of us expected: Teachers to react to the students' suffering and telling the experimenter that he/she cannot continue the experiment.
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      Important to note the 3 types of results found.  Interesting to see the contrast. 1) Obeyed orders from experimenter, yet blamed everything on the experimenter. 2) Obeyed orders from experimenter, yet blamed self in the end. 3) Stopped during experiment.  (What most people would have expected the highest percentage of results to be, but that is not the case).
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      The "teachers" were happy to see that no harm was done to the "students", however when they were doing the experiment, they continued to use a higher voltage like asked.  Important to note that, although they're happy to see no harm was done, they were willing to do that harm for the experiment (and because the experimenter had asked for them to continue even if they didn't necessarily want to).
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      The whole concept of "Obedience to Authority".  A high percentage of people will do things even if they don't necessarily want to. If someone tells them to do it, they will.
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      Once put in a position with such power, some people don't know how to use it.  With such power, a person may result in changing completely and doing things they might not have necessarily done before all they've received so much power.
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      Under the pressure of having someone "superior" to you, tell you to do something, most of the time, you do it even if you don't necessarily want to.  (Example of man being pressured to continue the experiment).
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      Basic information of experiment.
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      The "student's" sound effects adds depth to the experiment.  When hearing screams and cries, will people really be able to go through with the experiment? We later find out that many do.
  • out of fear or out of a desire to appear cooperative
  • "Teachers" were asked to administer increasingly severe electric shocks to the "learner" when questions were answered incorrectly.
  • illustrates people's reluctance to confront those who abuse power
  • the experiment would study the effects of punishment on learning ability
  • 45-volt shock samples
  • 2.5 percent of participants used the full 450 volts available.
  • grunt at 75 volts; complain at 120 volts; ask to be released at 150 volts; plead with increasing vigor, next; and let out agonized screams at 285 volts.
  • yell loudly and complain of heart pain.
  • actor would refuse to answer any more questions
  • 330 volts the actor would be totally silent
  • treat silence as an incorrect answer and apply the next shock level to the student.
  • hesitated to inflict the shocks, the experimenter would pressure him to proceed
  • Some teachers refused to continue with the shocks early on, despite urging from the experimenter.
  • expected as the norm
  • (65%) of the teachers were willing to progress to the maximum voltage level
  • participants continued to obey
  • he proceeded, repeating to himself, "It’s got to go on, it’s got to go on."
  • visible but teachers were asked to force the learner’s hand to the shock plate so they could deliver the punishment
  • Less obedience was extracted from subjects in this case.
  • teachers were instructed to apply whatever voltage they desired to incorrect answers.
  • 15 to 450 volts
  • averaged 83 volts
  • most participants were good, average people, not evil individuals. They obeyed only under coercion.
  • authority figure was in close proximity
  • teachers felt they could pass on responsibility to others
  • experiments took place under the auspices of a respected organization
  • Rebelled.
  • gave up responsibility for their actions, blaming the experimenter
  • Obeyed but blamed themselves.
  • harsh on themselves
  • Obeyed but justified themselves.
  • was a greater ethical imperative calling for the protection of the learner over the needs of the experimenter.
alicia waid

The Man Who Shocked The World | Psychology Today - 4 views

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      Brief summary of Stanley Milgram's life.
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      Explanation of Stanley Milgram's experiment on Obedience to Authority.
  • try to expose the external social forces that, though subtle, have surprisingly powerful effects on our behavior.
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    • alicia waid
       
      Under the pressure of having someone "superior" to you, tell you to do something, most of the time, you do it even if you don't necessarily want to. 
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      Milgram's experiment left everyone, even today, shocked.  It makes you think who people really are when put in different types of situations, and what kind of a world we live in too.
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      More brief information about Milgram's studies and his early life.
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      *Dissertation: A long essay on a particular subject, esp. one written as a requirement for the Doctor of Philosophy degree.
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      Important to note Milgram's interests here.  He shows more and more interest in conformity.
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      *Conformity: Behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards.
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      More information on Milgram's studies and achievements. 
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      Stanley was very interested in the Holocaust: How could people do such horrible things?  Because they were told?  The idea intrigued him which led to experiments.  These experiments consisted of how changing aspects of an experimental situation might alter subjects' willingness to obey.
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      Milgram's marriage and more information about his life and studies.
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      Milgram's experiment has opened so many of our eyes'.  Although we knew we have a tendency to obey orders, we did not know to what depth we would go in order to obey those orders.  His experiment has forever enlightened us with a disturbing and harsh truth.  
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      People, such as the U.S. Army have taken Milgram's experiment and has learnt from it.  The U.S. Army are making sure that anyone who is apart of their leadership team are leaders that will be aware of their authority and also their responsibilities (to make good decisions).
Danielle Waid

How to Learn More and Study Less | zen habits - 2 views

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    This is a good site with lots of good tips on how to be an effective learner. It gives valuable information while explaining how these tips help you become a successful learner. As for the credibility of the site, it might not be the most reliable source, however it is definitely not the worst. There are no tildes (~) and there aren't advertisements all over the page.
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    The site gives some very good advice and makes good brain sense too.
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    Danielle, I really like this site because it explains the techniques well and it seems credible. I like how the author of this "guest post" says that memorizing is not learning. Many students memorize because they think they will remember better, but as this author explains, it helps more to make connections and use all your senses than to memorize. I really liked the authors tricks.
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    This site is so cool! When I read it I found that it really makes sense. It's like what they always say to us in school: don't just memorize, understand. A lot of the tips that they gave about compressing information and making connections were really helpful and I feel like I can use a lot of them in the future.
vince chatigny-barbosa

The Psychology of Success - 0 views

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    This a great website with tons of information! The information quite literally covers everything. Best of all, the information is provided to us by an assistant professor Bakari Akil who has a Ph.D. in communications and is author of many educational books.
Julian Pendenza

Gambling Addiction and Problem Gambling: Signs, Help, and Treatment - 0 views

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    This site explains the signs, symptoms, and treatment for a gambling addiction. I know this is a credible site because the authors are given at the bottom of the page with all their credentials. Also its an educational site with no advertisements stating on the top of the page that it is a non-profit source. Also it was last edited in january of 2012 which was recent.  And finally the both publishers are given and they both have a lot of experience in the field of Psychology
Daryl Bambic

Synesthesia - Scholarpedia - 0 views

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    This is another great resource for encyclopedic learning; authors writing articles on their work as in this case of Ramachandran.
Nick Lavoie

Addiction and The Brain -Psychology Today - 0 views

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    It was very interesting to read about the research in this article because it talks in depth as to how the brain is effected when introduced to drugs and when addiction sets in. This is a reliable source because the website has gathered certain academics, psychiatrists, psychologists and authors who share ideas based on different topics surrounding psychology.
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    *sticky note* The brain reacts to new substances entering the brain from the outside, like drugs, and these new stimuli's interfere with chemical messengers that are all over our brain essentially affecting us.
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    *sticky note* Solomon Snyder and his student Candace Pert added a lot to a new theory of addiction by finding and studying Opium receptors in the brain. Which is a brain circuit that is affected in the brain of addicts.
Zach Fenlon

PTSD Symptoms Common Among ICU Survivors - 02/26/2013 - 1 views

  • Condition long linked to war veterans found in one in three ventilated patients
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      Shocking statistic
  • PTSD Symptoms Common Among ICU Survivors
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      Credible source because it comes from a very well known medical facility. 
  • a critical care specialist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and senior author of the study published online in Psychological Medicine
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      makes the research credible 
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  • it may be as common, or more common, in ICU patients as in soldiers
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      I didn't realize not only that this was a possible cause of PTSD but also that it was so highly frequent. 
  • "We need to pay more attention to preventing and treating PTSD in these patients."
  • they often experience flashbacks about delusions or hallucinations they had in the hospital
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      i find this very strange and interesting that their reocurring memories/ nightmares are of figurative events. 
  • being given sedatives and narcotics -- may lead to "memories" of horrible things that didn’t happen
  • "One woman thought her husband and the nurse were plotting to kill her,"
  • For the study, the Johns Hopkins team observed 520 mechanically ventilated patients with ALI,
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      Very thorough research
  • The researchers found that 66 of the 186 patients (35 percent) had clinically significant symptoms of PTSD,
  • Sixty-two percent of the survivors who developed PTSD still had symptoms at their two-year visit.
  • Half of this same group was taking psychiatric medications, and 40 percent had seen a psychiatrist in the two years since being hospitalized with ALI.
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      Even with both types of treatments, many patients were still suffering from PTSD
  • The researchers also found that patients with depression before hospitalization were twice as likely to develop PTSD,
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      Similar statement to my research from Harvard Medical Center. 
  • This inflammation may lead to a breakdown in the blood-brain barrier, which alters the impact on the brain of narcotics, sedatives and other drugs prescribed in the ICU.
  • Bienvenu says patients who have these risk factors need special attention. Simply educating them and their primary care doctors about the increased risk for PTSD would be a step in the right direction, he adds.
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      This is one of the most simple tactics i have read on preventing PTSD
  • he symptoms fall into three categories: reliving the traumatic experience (flashbacks, nightmares), avoidance (feeling numb, detached, staying away from people and places that serve as reminders of the experience), and hyperarousal (being easily startled, having difficulty sleeping, irritability).
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      These are the exact same symptoms that The Harvard Medical Institution describes. 
  • "psychological rehab" now deserves attention.
  • The intervention reduced PTSD symptoms by helping patients make sense of their ICU memories,
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      A proven way to reduce PTSD. Very interesting. 
Giuliano Musacchio

Psychopathy: A misunderstood personality disorder - 0 views

  • "Psychopathy has long been assumed to be a single personality disorder. However, there is increasing evidence that it is a confluence of several different personality traits,"
  • Many psychologists also assume that psychopathy is inalterable -- once a psychopath, always a psychopath.
  • Recent empirical work suggests that youth and adults with high scores on measures of psychopathy can show reduced violent and other criminal behavior after intensive treatment.
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  • psychopathy appears to be a complex, multifaceted condition marked by blends of personality traits reflecting differing levels of disinhibition, boldness, and meanness.
  • "psychopaths" do not appear different in kind from other people, or inalterably dangerous,"
  • "In short, research on psychopathy has evolved to a level that it can greatly improve on the current, 'one size fits all' policy approach,"
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      I believe this article can be useful during my research because it specifies that psychopaths are normally categorized the same way, but this can give us a different opinion and how they really are. As the author states, many people interpret this the wrong way, and these people are often misunderstood.  This website seems credible because, the last time it has been updated was today, so it is used frequently. ScienceDaily is one of the Internet's most popular science news web sites. Since starting in 1995, the award-winning site has earned the loyalty of students, researchers, healthcare professionals, government agencies, educators and the general public around the world. Also the editorial staff is qualified and specified. 
Catherine Delisle

The Childhood Psychopath: Bad Seed or Bad Parents? by Katherine Ramsland - Bad Seed: Th... - 2 views

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      This website is very interesting because it is a detailed article on the origins of psychopathy. The author of this article, Katherine Ramsland, obviously believes that bad parents are the source for psychopathy because she often brings up real stories where psychopathic children had bad environments and she talks about theories such as the attatchement theory, which states the importance of the bond between parents and children. She hardly talks about the role of the brain in psychopathy. Ramsland often talks about the symptoms of psychopathic children and the interventions that need to be done in order for this behaviour to stop.
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    Did you use Sweet Search to find this article? The source seems questionable..."trutv"`?
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    I used Sweet Search for all my sources. Would you like me to find another source?
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