Stanley Milgram And Philip Zimbardo's The Lucifer Effect

Stanley Milgram and Philip Zimbardo Conducted an experiment to test whether people would react differently under certain circumstances than they would normally react. They tested this by having a stranger administer an electrical shock to an unknown person. The stranger wouldn’t be able to see the subject getting shocked but would be able to hear them. The experimenter went through a number of trials asking the subject questions, and for every question they got wrong the shock would increase one interval. The stranger administering the shock would increase the intensity of the shock each time they were told to do so. They got to a point where they would be administering a lethal shock to the subject just because they were told to do so. In

Though many people are capable of resisting the acts, but not everyone. Peer pressure is a form of situationism, kids are always more likely to do things that they wont normally do because of peer pressure. If there are a lot of people around and encouraging a person, they are a lot more likely to follow through than if it was just themselves or a couple of other people. When someone is in the presence of an authority figure (like in the Milgram experiment) they are more likely to do what that person says just because they are of authority. During the Milgram experiment the people conducting the experiment wore lab coats, so they were seen as legitimate. If someone had just come in there wearing street clothes, there might not have been as many people to follow through with administering the shocks. This shows how just minor things like that can change how willingly we are to do certain things. The situation a person is in can make them do change their whole behavior, and make them do things they would never normally do. If a parent is in the situation of trying to protect their child, they might do things that are not like them in order to keep their child safe from