Assignment Task: Watch the following video and answer the questions below. Please use your text, websites and other resources to help develop your answers. A grading rubric link is available for students to view what is required of this assignment. Specific instructions for video assignments can be found in Course Information as well as below. Be sure to support ALL answers.
YouTube Video: Milgram Experiment - Big History NL, threshold 6
Q1) Why do you think individuals follow the instructions so closely, even if they are technically able to 'disobey'? Why do you think the individuals in the study administered deadly shocks to the learner in the experiment even though they knew it was wrong?
Q2) Are there certain qualities that differentiate authority figures? Would certain qualities lead you to follow one instead of another?
Q3.) What other replications or changes to this study would you be interested in?
Q4.) Can you think of examples in your own life where you or others obeyed authority?