Thursday, January 29, 2009
"If Hitler asked you..."
Although i've only been in Sociology for a few days it is really interesting!! The Meyer article i read is something i watched in other classes and thinking about it in a sociology way is something i have never done before! i thought it was so shocking that all those people would place harm on another human being! it just shows how society today has been taught there whole life to obey authority. some people will obey without question! i guess its good some kids don't question their deans but the kids that do end up being punished! is it that we are trained to obey authority or are we just scared if we don't what could happen?
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I was thinking the same thing you were about people shocking other people. I was slightly disgusted, and I really only thought it happened on T.V. But now that I see what the experiment really was about, it was really interesting. The fact that people are taught their whole life to obey authority is exactly what I wrote about, and I agree 100%. There will always be a few rebels who won't follow the rules, but the fact that people in this study would go to a dumpy office and just accept that the guy was a scientist shocked me. I really do think people are trained to obey authority, and that is where fear comes from. I would think that many people associate not obeying with punishment.
ReplyDeleteYes - it is about the idea that we are taught to obey, just like we are taught numerous other beliefs and some are beneficial and others are harmful.
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