I found the Stanley Milgram experiment the most interesting out of all the Human Behavior Experiments. I think it's crazy how easily the man in the coat was able to convince the shocker to continue. All it took was him to tell to the shocker, "you have to continue you can't stop, just keep going." It's crazy to think what can happen when people with authority abuse their power for the worse of someone else. Watching this experiment I kept thinking how in the world has the shocker not stopped, or quit the game. Then they told us that 65% of the shockers went all the way to the end on the shock board. This shows how many people will listen and do whatever it is the authority tell them to do. One main thing I think in which influenced people to continue was the man in the coat exclaiming that he is responsible for what happens to the man being shocked. This gives relief to the shocker knowing that he isn't going to get punished. That is another scary thing within humans, if you know you wont get in trouble then the actions in which you partake in will be more extreme.
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