Psyc in Literature: The Blog

Today in the news I read about a teacher who had instructed his students to hit a classmate when he came late to class. This reminded me of the Milgram experiment-to what extent will people cause harm to others when instructed to do so, even when they know it is bad? In my opinion, the case described in this article seems like just another situation blown out of proportion by crazy parents, but that certainly doesn’t justify the teacher’s actions. This story just goes to show that people will conform when instructed to do so by someone with real or percieved authority.

(This post is to be the first one graded in quarter 4)