Stanley Milgram' Experiment
The?experiment?implies?that?An?astonishing?large?proportion?of?people?will?cause?pain?to?other?people?in obedience?to?authority.
The?research?may?have?important?counterparts?in?the?real?world.?For?example,?Adolf?Eichmann,?who murdered?thousands?of?innocent?civilians?attributed?his?responsibility?to?his?merely?obeying?orders?issued by?his?superiors?in?the?Nazi?regime.
How?to?reduce?the?extent?of?obedience?
1.?Only?legitimate?authority?can?command?high?obedience
2.?The?physical?absence?of?authority?figure?reduces?the?extent?of?obedience.
3.?Distance?between?obedience?and?the?its?consequences?may?influence?the?extent?of?obedience.
Bystander?effect
The?presence?of?another?bystander?tends?to?inhibit?action.
Nonintervention?can?be?viewed?as?an?act?of?conformity.
Genovese?murder?case?&?Yosemite?camping?case
1.?The?feeling?of?"common?fate"?or?mutuality
2.?In?a?face-to-face?situation,?from?which?there?was?no?immediate?escape
How?to?increase?the tendency?of?help?
1.?Define?the?situation?as?an?emergency
2.?Lower?the?cost?of?helping
3.?Make?certain?that?they?can?be?helpful.