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Milgram vs. Baumrind

Those electrodes were applied with conductive gel to prevent burning and blisters. The teacher then reads a list of word pairs and asks the learner to read them back. The learner can answer by pressing on to the four levers. If they answer correctly they would move on to the next word pair. If not they would receive a 15-volt shock and so on until they reached 300 volts. At this point the learner begins to pound on the chair and do not respond to the questions. Hesitant to continue, the teacher is coaxed by one of four lines from the scientist over the experiment. These are, please continue, you have no other choice, you must go on. In actually no one was being shocked. The learner was an actor. To reassure the teacher no one was getting shocked the teacher and the learner met and shook hands after the experiment. About 40 % of the teachers were fully obedient.
             Milgram published the results of his experiment and recorded them in an article titled "The Perils of Obedience." He fully believed that his findings were relevant and could have been applied to society in general. Some questioned his findings from his first experiment. He disproved this theory by conducting a second experiment. His results were still the same. Milgram even used different variations to prove his experiment. According to Milgram humans have the dual capacity to function as individuals, which is to exercise his or her own moral judgment and to make choice on their own personal character. Milgram tried to justify the actions of German SS officers. There are times when peopled are ordered to do something even when they don't want to.
             Not everyone was ok with Milgram findings. Baumrind had her own personal views of what was wrong with Milgram's experiments or how they could have been improved. She did not think that Milgram's findings were valid because his experimental procedures did not reflect real life.


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1. Just Say No

Contrasting his thoughts Diana Baumrind in her article, "Review of Stanley Milgram's Experiments on Obedience," critiques the comments of Stanley Milgram and his experiments. ... Baumrind contradicts Milgrams views on how he did things. ... Baumrind's critiques are straight forward and to the point. ... Baumrind comments on a quote from Milgram, "I observed a mature and initially poised businessman enter the laboratory smiling and confident. ... This disgusted Baumrind. ...

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2. Critique of Milgram

After Milgram published his article, two psychologists named Baumrind and Parker wrote reviews on their opinions to Milgram's experiment. Baumrind said Milgrim's work was very unethical; on the other hand, Parker views Milgram's experiment as not entirely lawful, but see the values of Milgram's experiment. ... In the article "Review of Stanley Milgram" Baumrind, who is a psychologist works at the Institute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley. ... His opinion is in some ways similar to Baumrind's opinion. ... One main idea that Parker disagrees...

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3. A Study on Obedience

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4. Three Distinct Parenting Styles

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5. Obedience: A Reaction to Milgram

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6. Critique of Milgram

Stanley Milgram designs an experiment to understand how strong a person's tendency to obey authority is, even though it is amoral or destructive. Stanley Milgram bases his experiment on three people: a learner, teacher, and experimenter. ... This conclusion was disproved from Milgram's experiment. ... This theory is put in question, when a variation of Stanley Milgram's original experiment is described. ... To illustrate this segregation, Stanley Milgram modified the basic experiment so that there would be an additional person. ...

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7. Critique of Milgram

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8. critique of milgram

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