Tuesday, January 26, 2010

I still consider this Virtual Class

1. In a way Milgram and Zimbardo were "obeying authority," in that they did what they needed to have a successful experiment. They might have inflicted a short-term mental anguish on their subjects, but by telling the subjects the truth behind the procedure afterwards, they forfeited any uneasiness from the subjects.

2. The "Prisoner's Dilemma" really has a genius premise. It is basically testing how well two separate parties can collaborate with each other. They can either both collaborate, both defect, or one betrays the other. After playing the game myself, I found that I tied with the Serendip. I guess this would mean that we helped each other out in a way, as if there were a clear winner then it would mean that someone was betrayed.

3. I think that having a real arrest take place makes the whole thing seem likely that it is real. However, without great acting of everyone involved, this would be a failed experiment. The "prisoner" would catch on and see that none of this was real by the bad acting alone.

1 comment:

  1. Consider it more like homework--work on writing, thinking, processing that is not in the form of a formal paper.

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