-THE MILGRAM

The MILGRAM EXPERIMENT

In 1963, Stanley Milgram created an experiment to see if participants
would follow orders even when the requested behavior went against their
moral beliefs or good judgments.

The participants claimed that they

administered the shocks for three main
reasons:

1. The authority figure seemed

trustworthy
2. The cause was good (scientific
research)
3. They believed that if anything bad
happened, the researcher would
take full responsibility.
 A researcher asks the participant to administer electric shocks to a test subject
when he answers questions incorrectly. The test subject is an actor, who makes noises of
pain when he receives the shocks. The participant is made to believe that each shock is
stronger than the last one.
 result
All of Milgram’s original participants continued the experiment to 300 volts of
electricity. 65% of them administered the maximum voltage of 450, which
was clearly labeled as life-threatening. Milgram concluded that ordinary
people are likely to follow orders given by an authority figure, even to the
extent of killing an innocent human being.
 Why was the Milgram
experiment considered
unethical?
Milgram Concluded that people will obey authority figures even
in morally questionable circumstances, but the subjects thought
they were actually listening to someone being electrocuted on
the other end of the line, even though they were told by the
experimenter that there would be “no permanent tissue damage.”
Leaving your subjects feeling like they may have just killed
someone doesn’t protect their well being.

And they couldn’t have gotten informed consent, since warning

participants about the experiment would have changed how they
reacted.
The Milgram Experiment
#Team WestGrad
MA. AUXILIA T. JAYME
M. Ed. ECE

JONALYN D. JAEN
MA Ed. Filipino

VIMALEN C. ORBINO
M. Ed. SPED

MA. ELENA Q. CABANIG

MA Ed. Filipino

DESIREE BELLE P. ZUŇIGA

M. Ed. Guidance & Counseling