Psy 456/556  Questions to Ponder for April 15, 2002  1. What
were some variations of the basic Milgram paradigm? Did these
variations affect the results? How so? Can you think of other
variations you would like to see tested?  2. Describe the
Milgram study to some friends and ask them if they think they
would have shocked the person if they had been subjects. Keep a
record of how many say yes and no, and what kinds of reasons or
explanations they give for their answers. While you are at it,
ask your friends (especially non-psychology students) whether
they think they would be more likely to receive help in an
emergency when there were lots of people around or just one or
two. If we have time, we'll discuss the results of your "data
collection" in class.  3. What are some reasons that Milgram
provides to explain the high levels of obedience in his study?
Which do you think are most powerful?  4. Neto's subjects
differed from those in the original Asch studies on a number of
dimensions - what were these? Why mi