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This essay indicates to what extent findings from obedience research be applied beyond the research setting.
Title: This essay indicates to what extent findings from obedience research be applied beyond the research setting.
Category: Social Sciences
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This essay indicates to what extent findings from obedience research be applied beyond the research setting.
To what extent can findings from obedience research be applied beyond the research setting?
Obedience can be defined as complying with the wishes of an authortive figure, thus limiting their levels of responsibility. This can be shown on many levels, from something as everyday as a child obeying it's parents, to more shocking levels of obedience, such as the horrific destruction of millions of Jews in the Second World War.
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Of course, there is a massive difference between the two situations. Milgram's subjects were being asked to inflict pan upon another human being, while the nurses in the Hofling study were being asked to do something that was quite usual within their role, and presumably within the patient's best interests.
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References Used: - Psychology - the Science of mind and Behaviour - Gross
Psychology for AS Level - Eyesenck and Flanagan
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