Stanley Milgram conducted research that was aimed at studying behavioral obedience. The aim is to describe the procedure carried out in a laboratory to deal with destructive obedience (Milgram, 1963). The study focuses on how a naïve S is ordered to administer server punishment to a victim. Through this experiment, he can study and learn the experiment. Through the experiment carried out their several outcomes, the most notable experience was high levels of nervous tension on the victim. The symptoms displayed by the victim indicated how intense he was in terms of emotional disturbance. From the experiment, it is clear that behavior is dynamic, and there is the possibility of parametric variation within the framework procedure. Generally, obedience is a basic element in society that one tends to follow. Individuals tend to override their moral conduct to be obedient to their master.
The experiment was carried out in a controlled laboratory environment, where the procedure used is a useful tool for measuring obedience. The procedure involved an ingenuous person who was ordered to administer an electric shock to a victim (Milgram, 1963). As a learning mode, the naïve subject is ordered to administer shocks progressively. The measure of the instrument ranges from slight shock to server shock. The victim is trained, and the instrument is standardized to avoid errors. The location of the experiment was the Yale University interaction laboratory. A high school biology teacher played the role of the person experimenting. In contrast, the role of the victim was played by an old accountant. Most of the population were male forty between the age of twenty and fifty.
The outcome of the experiment was an observation of signs of extreme tension. Most of the several participants in the experiment showed signs of nervousness. As they experimented, their state of nervousness increased with the increase in administering more powerful shocks. A number of the cases observed showed that the tension of the participant reached an extreme point. Most of them started seating, trembling, biting their lips, groaning, and digging their fingernails into their flesh. Nervous laughter was a common symptom of the strain. After seeing a powerfully kinetic migraine, we were forced to stop the research.
Even though dutiful participants continued to deliver shocks, they typically did so under considerable stress. Although others exhibited hesitation and anxieties similar to those who resisted the researcher, they complied. Many dutiful volunteers felt safe, brushed their forehead, wiped their palms over their eyelids, or anxiously handled smokes after the researcher had administered the maximal number of volts. Some appeared to be sorry as they shook their heads. As the trial progressed, several subjects maintained a cool demeanor and revealed just minor indicators of anxiety overall.
From the experiment, two outcomes vividly presented themselves. One of the findings was the participants’ overwhelming power of submissive tendencies. However, most participants believed that it was bad to hurt their fellow humans. Twenty-six of them breached moral conduct and followed the dictated instruction. The other outcome noted was the tension created by the experiment. It was observed that the reaction displayed revolved around tension and emotional strain. From a personal view, the experiment was unethical as it had mental and emotional torture to the participant as they pushed their limits to obey the instructions. The participants need to be trained to handle extensive emotional tension to improve the experiment. The other question left out by the experiment addresses the post-emotional construction of the participants. The experiment impacted a one-conduction reading of how people experienced torture due to the electric shock administered to them.
Reference
Milgram, S. (1963). Behavioral study of obedience. The Journal of abnormal and social psychology, 67(4), 371. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0040525
write