Saturday, January 06, 2007

Replication of the Milgram experiment

Some controversy has just hit the psychology world as a TV show just recently got a psych involved in replicating the Milgram experiments where people once more show themselves remarkably able to continue on to levels of shock administration to a helpless learner (with a heart condition)- levels that were beyond anyone's expectations in the 1960s. But plus ca change....

However, now there is some concern that this experiment was done without ethical clearance. One commentator says - I suppose no-one really got harmed. [Hrmph. Only psychologically...

So if you want to watch the replication here is a link I was sent:
You can get a detailed web cast of the experiment and report if you go to
the URL below, but you have to put up with a short commercial first:
http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=2765416&page=1

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