Random Psychological Question
Random question that came up after class & reading the book:
The Zimbardo experiments observing the prisoner/guard dynamic at Stanford in 1973 is shown to be an example of an unethical experiment, citing the long-term negative ramifications of participants on both sides.
The Milgram study, whose participants were told to give other people electrical shocks, up to the point that it would have killed them, doesn't seem to be spotlighted in the same manner. Wouldn't the participants of this experiment, even after learning they didn't actually harm anyone, be subjected to the same long-term psychological ramifications?
If they weren't traumatized by realizing they have the capacity to kill another human being on someone's orders - why the hell not?
The Zimbardo experiments observing the prisoner/guard dynamic at Stanford in 1973 is shown to be an example of an unethical experiment, citing the long-term negative ramifications of participants on both sides.
The Milgram study, whose participants were told to give other people electrical shocks, up to the point that it would have killed them, doesn't seem to be spotlighted in the same manner. Wouldn't the participants of this experiment, even after learning they didn't actually harm anyone, be subjected to the same long-term psychological ramifications?
If they weren't traumatized by realizing they have the capacity to kill another human being on someone's orders - why the hell not?