Post by sonnyt2 on Oct 20, 2017 20:38:13 GMT
Was the Milgram study an experiment?
Is the Milgram research technically an experiment? If so, what are the independent variables that are studied? Is the Zimbardo prison research an experiment? If so, what are the independent variables that are studied? Dependent variables? Controls?
I do believe that Milgrams' study was technically an experiment, even considering the slip ups with the follow through of the participants. Both Zimbardo ad Milgram's studies question how much of our morals about physical treatment of others can be compromised in the face of authority. Because of this, I would say that the independent variable in both of these experiments is authority. For the Milgram experiment, it is the presence of the researcher, and a control would be the exclamation That any participant must comply with the orders of the study. More intricately though is the Zimbardo experiment. The independent variable is still authority but seeing as some of the participants were assigned to be "guards" and the others "prisoners", the dynamic of power and the focus is different. This is done to see both how we respond to authority (prisoners ) and how we respond once granted authority (guards), which is what I believe to be the dependent variable. I believe that conformity became in a way a control method in this experiment because there was a level of solidarity among the guards.
Is the Milgram research technically an experiment? If so, what are the independent variables that are studied? Is the Zimbardo prison research an experiment? If so, what are the independent variables that are studied? Dependent variables? Controls?
I do believe that Milgrams' study was technically an experiment, even considering the slip ups with the follow through of the participants. Both Zimbardo ad Milgram's studies question how much of our morals about physical treatment of others can be compromised in the face of authority. Because of this, I would say that the independent variable in both of these experiments is authority. For the Milgram experiment, it is the presence of the researcher, and a control would be the exclamation That any participant must comply with the orders of the study. More intricately though is the Zimbardo experiment. The independent variable is still authority but seeing as some of the participants were assigned to be "guards" and the others "prisoners", the dynamic of power and the focus is different. This is done to see both how we respond to authority (prisoners ) and how we respond once granted authority (guards), which is what I believe to be the dependent variable. I believe that conformity became in a way a control method in this experiment because there was a level of solidarity among the guards.