Video, Outside Readings, Experiments

Video:

It was interesting that the BBC replication of the Milgram experiment ended up with the same results as the actual experiment. Since we already thoroughly discussed and examined the actual Milgram experiment, there really isn't anything different to be said.

Outside Readings:

I was curious about whether or not the people being tested during the Milgram experiment ever wondered if something else was going on, and according to the article, this man did.

"This struck me as bizarre, and although the instructions were in accord with what we had been told, I wondered if something else was going on.
The "professor" said we would draw straws to see which of us would be the learner. He offered the straws to the other man, then announced that he had drawn the short straw and would be the learner. I hadn't seen either straw, and my doubts became suspicions that I was being deceived."

He asked the person doing the test a number of questions because his suspicions increased as he got deeper and deeper into the experiment.

"The professor brought in the learner and I was flabbergasted. His face was covered in tears and he looked haggard. He offered his hand and thanked me for stopping the experiment, saying that the shocks hadn't really hurt but anticipating them had been dreadful...After about a half hour he had not appeared, and I was convinced that he was an actor and that my suspicions about the experiment had been correct."

Experiment:

Game OverYour Score: -1020Average reaction time:Black Armed:661.92msBlack Unarmed:534.96msWhite Armed:603.72msWhite Unarmed:612.44ms

I don't really understand what this experiment was supposed to show. But by the results, i'm assuming it was trying to tell if i'm racist or not. And if i'm reading the results correctly, it shows that i am not. Any suspicious looking man, white or black, i shot. Though sometimes i was wrong in judging if they were dangerous or not.