The Stanford University prison and Tearoom Trade experiments are both extremely interesting because not only does contain criminal justice content, but psychological and historical context as well. In both experiments the subjects had different, but fascinating reactions to their ethical treatment. Experiments are created for observation and to receive results so the observers are able to gather knowledge about the analysis they come to. Experiments help people better understand how certain things
someone’s mind. We are all aware that cults exist to this day. People are still coerced into destructive institutions if they are given the right amount of persuasion. Another example of the daunting power of obedience is the experiment by Stanley Milgram. I learned from that experiment that most of us are obedient to a fault. If the responsibility falls on someone else, many people will even obey commands to hurt another person. The next study mentioned was particularly interesting to me because it pertains
Conformity is often criticized on grounds of morality. Many, if not all, of the greatest human atrocities have been described as “crimes of obedience” [2]. However, as the victorious American Civil War General and later President Grant makes clear, conformity is equally problematic on grounds of efficacy. Success requires leaders and followers who do not adhere rigidly to a pre-determined script. Rigidity cannot steel them for the challenges of their task or for the creativity of their opponents
In 1972, the FBI formed a unit based on the study of human behavior this unit was called the behavioral Science Unit (BSU) until it was changed to the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). They studied the minds of criminals to learn how they think they’re most commonly known for studying serial killers such as Ted Bundy and Charles Manson. The way they determine the type of killer they are dealing with is by dividing them
Dr. Zimbardo took a group of college-student volunteers and randomly divided them into “guards” and “prisoners” who were then placed in a prison-like environment. Within a week, the study had to be abandoned, as these ordinary students were transformed into either sadistic guards or emotionally broken prisoners. Would the guards in this case be perceived as intentionally evil or would they