Analysis Of The Milgram Experiment: Derren Brown

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Milgram Experiment (Derren Brown) Scientist tell people they are doing a test on the effects of punishment on learning, but the real experiment is to see how much harm a person will give to another person just because some scientist tells them to. About half of the subjects went all the way to the end to where they were giving the lethal shock limit to the students. From this I have learned that most people put authority over their morality. Most people would rather do what they are told and be cruel to the student than put an end to the experiment because they think it is inhumane. The Bystander Effect A man sees someone steel from a woman but does not do anything because he noticed that everyone else around him saw it but did

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