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This is an 8 page paper that provides an overview of the Milgram experiments. The implications of situational behaviorism for ethical leadership are explored. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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The reason for this is that the experiments in question, such as Watsons "Little Albert" experiments, speak to fundamental interests in human nature that are relevant to all people. One
of the most famous examples of such experiments is the Milgram experiments on the role of authority in influencing individuals to commit actions that they would otherwise regard as "evil"
or at least unethical. Since the question of human evil has been a matter of scrutiny and speculation for thousands of years, Milgrams experiment struck a nerve and has been
widely criticized and cited ever since it was carried out in the mid-20th century. This paragraph helps the student explain the Milgram experiment and its import. The Milgram theory,
in short, paired participants with an authoritative doctor figure (actually an actor) who instructed them to push a button on a console that would deliver a mild electric shock to
an unseen person in another room (also an actor who was not actually harmed). After the participant pushed the button several times, they would begin to hear screams from the
next room over, and the actor would plead for them not to press the button anymore, for fear his heart condition would result in his death. Nevertheless, the authoritative doctor
continued to call for the button to be pressed, and to the surprise of many, the majority of respondents continued to push the button, in spite of the screams of
agony from the next room; many even continued pressing the buttons long after the screams subsided. The theory that is proposed from the findings of the Milgram experiment is sometimes
known as situational behaviorism; simply put, it argues that situation and context exert a much greater influence over human behavior than does "disposition" or character (Blass, 2009). It does not
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