Evaluation:
Published: 07.04.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Stanley Milgram versus Diana Baumrind', 1.
  • Essays 'Stanley Milgram versus Diana Baumrind', 2.
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Obedience is when someone does what a person or rule tells him or her to do. People tend to follow orders of an authority, and this can sometimes result in a negative effect. An example would include all those people who were obedient to Hitler, and killed innocent people in the Holocaust. For instance, Stanley Milgram, in his article, Perils of Obedience, writes about his experiment, of how people obey an authority, neglecting their conscience, and how this can be a threat to real life experiences. In contrast, another Psychologist, Diana Baumrind, in her article, "Review of Stanley Milgr…

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