The Milgram study of obedience is one of the best know studies in psychology following the disturbing findings that came from the study: we would electrocute a complete stranger passed the point that we thought they were dead just because an authority figure had ordered us to. There were many problems with the study [...]
I know it’s a shocking title! Oh, there I go again (Sorry). Now we’re all into the new year and starting to get back into those core studies with all you new students I’ve been searching the web for videos that will be of use. At the moment on YouTube there is the [...]
All those lucky teachers out there now have another fantastic resource to help in their teaching of psychology. Classic Studies in Psychology is brought to us by Dr. Steve Taylor. The Short Cuts packages consist of a number of short video clips designed to give teachers the flexibility to integrate illustrative video material into their [...]
Another addition to our video section is upon us. This time it’s a replication of the Milgram experiment on obedience. Derren Brown replicated the experiment as part of his show (this episode was called The Heist). I think it’s a great resource to use when discussing the relevance of the study in [...]
The massive ethical issues surrounding Milgram’s study of obedience have always made it difficult to replicate it in a psychological setting (although this hasn’t stopped TV companies jumping on the concept). Recently in the UK a group of psychologists at UCL have worked around this problem using virtual reality.
Each of the 23 participants wore [...]
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