Milgram and Stanford Prison
Experiments
1. Have you ever changed a
strongly held attitude? What caused the change for you?
2. Do you believe that you are
free of prejudice? Which of the many factors that cause prejudice do you think
is most important to change?
3. How do Milgram’s results,
particularly the finding that the remoteness of the victim affected obedience,
relate to some aspects of modern warfare?
4. What are some of the
similarities between Zimbardo’s prison study and the abuses at the Abu Ghraib
prison in Iraq?
5. Have you ever done something in
a group that you would not have done if you were alone? What happened? How did
you feel? What have you learned that might help you avoid this behavior in the
future?
6. Can you think of situations
when the egoistic model of altruism seems most likely correct? What about the
empathy-altruism hypothesis?
