Also know as the Milgram Experiment. More sifts = http://www.videosift.com/search?q=Milgram

^actually, Milgram is the name of the psychologist who administered the shock/learning experiment in 1961. This experiment has been compared to the Milgram experiment because of its exposure of human behavioral conformity under pressure from authority despite preexisting morality or other natural tendencies.

^ Rhesus Monkeys know what they're talking about when it comes to experiments.

Oh great sift! This really does provoke all kinds o questions, all of which are kinda disturbing. Nice to hear two eloquent participants talking about it.

one thing that is not really discussed in these experiments is the overriding understanding that the entire situation is temporary. no matter how engulfing a situation is, people can withstand much more than normal if they know it is temporary. Also, nowadays we are familiar with effect that granted anonymity gives: "nice" people cn turn into complete sociopaths when they sit anonymously behind a kayboard. I think these experiments prove that most manners and mores are socially imposed and respected for the good of society. Most people aren't really as nice as society forces them to be. But then most people aren't really as asinine as these experiments pushed them to be either.

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one thing that is not really discussed in these experiments is the overriding understanding that the entire situation is temporary. no matter how engulfing a situation is, people can withstand much more than normal if they know it is temporary. Also, nowadays we are familiar with effect that granted anonymity gives: "nice" people cn turn into complete sociopaths when they sit anonymously behind a kayboard. I think these experiments prove that most manners and mores are socially imposed and respected for the good of society. Most people aren't really as nice as society forces them to be. But then most people aren't really as asinine as these experiments pushed them to be either.


Very insightful indeed. I think I've discussed this experiment in at least three courses throughout my career, and no one has ever mentioned that point. If you do some searching on the tubes, you can find a lot more video of the debriefing sessions where the prisoners confront the guards; even in those sessions, I can't recall anyone bringing up the temporality as integral to the results. Definitely something to that, though.

^What? Really? That was the first thing that I thought of when I read the video description...

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