Why Is The Milgram Experiment Re-Created Today

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When the Milgram obedience experiments were being conducted the core of the experiments were all based on the false impression that an electrical shock would be administered to another individual at the push of a button with an incorrect answer, when in fact they weren’t. If the Milgram experiments were not based on lies and each participant did in fact administer a shock to another individual in response to a wrong answer, I feel that the results would have been the same with no alternative result. The reason for this would be because from the very beginning of the experiment the participants already believed that they would be actually administering an electrical shock. The participant’s reactions and concerns before, during and even after the experiments were all real with their true feelings and thoughts about their participation of either walking away from the experiment or completing the experiment. If the participants were to know that the electric shocks they were administering were not real, then the whole purpose of the experiment would have been useless and unnecessary. This was a study on how …show more content…

Individuals have evolved in becoming outspoken free speech individuals. If the exact same experiment was to be performed today, then the lone individual would not have a problem in speaking their mind on giving the correct answers. All around us we see more young people involved in hot topics and subjects that were once considered for adults only such as political topics, gun rights and gay movements. Young voices are being heard throughout the world and they refuse to back down and go against their beliefs of what is right and what is wrong. So if this experiment were to be conducted again then the results would go in favor of the individual who speaks their mind and who isn’t afraid to turn their back on the