William Atkins
Sunday, 21 December 2008 21:28
Science -
Biology
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The Milgram exeriment continued: The teachers were told by the authority figure to increase the strength of the shocks when the learners did not learn—which in effect they were told would test the effect of punishment on learning.
The shock-generator machine was not real, and did not subject the learners to electric shocks.
Their cries of pain were faked; however, the teachers were unaware of this situation. They thought they were imposing real pain onto the learners (fellow human beings)
The authority figures urged the teachers to continue the electric shocks even though the teachers heard the painful cries of pain from the learners.
When supposedly 150 volts of electricity was subjected on the learners they began to cry out.
However, Milgram found that 82.5% of the teachers continued to administer the shocks, while hearing the painful cries of these people.
Of those 82.5% of the teachers that continued the shocks, 79% continued the (supposed) shocks up to 450 volts, the maximum voltage (supposedly) used.
Page three talks about the new Burger study, based on the Milgram study.
