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Milgram’s Baseline Procedure

Milgram’s Baseline Procedure. Milgram’s Baseline Procedure. 63% shock to the limit (STL). Ethical Criticisms of Milgram’s Work.

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Milgram’s Baseline Procedure

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  1. Milgram’s Baseline Procedure

  2. Milgram’s Baseline Procedure • 63% shock to the limit (STL)

  3. Ethical Criticisms of Milgram’s Work 1) No true informed consent2) Participants experienced significant stress3) Long-term negative effects on self-worth or emotional illnesses4) Participants and people learning of the experiment developed a negative view of psychology

  4. Milgram’s Response 1) Extensive debriefing2) After session discovered learner was not harmed3) Participants were free to leave4) No evidence of permanent psychological harm

  5. Follow-up of Milgram’s Participants 1) 80% reported that they were “Very Glad” or “Glad” they participated2) 15% had “No Strong Feelings”3) Just over 1% were “Sorry” or “Very Sorry”4) 80%said more research of this kind should be done5) 74% said they learned something of lasting value

  6. Joshua at Jericho

  7. Salem Witch Trials • In 1692, 20 were executed in Massachusetts

  8. Turkish-Armenian Genocide • 1.5 million of 2.5 million Armenians in Turkey were exterminated between 1915 and 1923. • "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"

  9. Holocaust • Six million Jews (67% of Europe’s population) were exterminated • Others: Roma, mentally retarded, mentally disturbed, 3 million Soviet POWs, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Communists, Socialists

  10. Cambodia: Killing Fields • Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge kill 1.7 million (21% of population)

  11. Rwanda • In 1994, within 100 days 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus are exterminated

  12. Kosovo: Ethnic Cleansing

  13. A Question Mark: The Cost of Ethics? ?

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