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PSY1010_W6_Obedience_in_Everyday_Life.html.zipPSY1010_W6_Obedience_in_Everyday_Life.html
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Many people have complained that Milgram's obedience studies were artificial, and have little relevance to everyday life. More recent realistic studies may convince you that Milgram's results were very accurate. In one study, nurses in 22 different hospital wards received a phone call from a new physician they knew was on the staff, but had not yet met. The caller said, "This is Dr. Smith from Psychiatry calling. I was asked to see Mr. Jones this morning, and I'm going to have to see him again tonight. I'd like him to have had some medication by the time I get to the ward. Will you please check your medicine cabinet to see if you have some Astroten?" The nurses found the medication; the label stated that the maximum daily dose was 10 mg. In each case, when she reported back to the doctor, he said: "Please give Mr. Jones a dose of 20 milligrams. I'll be up in ten minutes to sign the order, but I'd like the drug to have started taking effect." The requested dosage was clearly excessive, the drug was not on the ward stock list clearing it for use, and there were hospital rules against giving medication orders by phone. Nonetheless, 95% of the nurses started to give the medication. Deindividuation Social facilitation is the tendency to be aroused by the presence of others; in social loafing, the presence of others diminishes feelings of responsibility. Both effects may occur in group situations that foster anonymity and draw attention away from oneself. The result is deindividuation, a situation in which people abandon their normal restraints. The outcome may be vandalism, orgies, or riots. |
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