Class

1. According to the US Census,
how many languages are
spoken in the United States?
a) 457
b) 329
c) 275
d) 203
e) 162

2.  Write your name at the top of the paper
 Make sure you stay completely silent and
avoid facial expressions with the next
instruction
 List three people in the class who you will give
an F to in order to get an A
 Fold your paper in half
 Hand them in

4. People comply to social
pressures. How would
they respond to outright
command?
Stanley Milgram
designed a study that
investigates the effects of
authority on obedience.
Stanley Milgram
(1933-1984)
Courtesy of CUNY Graduate School and University Center

5. Both Photos: © 1965 By Stanley Miligram, from the
film Obedience, dist. by Penn State, Media Sales

7. A. Slight to Moderate Shock
B. Strong to Very Strong Shock
C. Intense to Extreme Intensity
Shock
D. Danger: Severe Shock
E. XXX

8. A. Slight to Moderate Shock
B. Strong to Very Strong Shock
C. Intense to Extreme Intensity
Shock
D. Danger: Severe Shock
E. XXX

9. A. 0-25 percent
B. 26-40 percent
C. 41-60 percent
D. 61-75 percent
E. 76-100 percent

10. Link

12. A third of the individuals in Milgram’s study
resisted social coercion.
AP/ Wide World Photos
An unarmed individual single-handedly
challenged a line of tanks at Tiananmen Square.

13. In both Asch's and Milgram's studies,
participants were pressured to choose between
following their standards and being responsive
to others.
In Milgram’s study, participants were torn
between hearing the victims pleas and the
experimenter’s orders.

14.  Read “The Perils of Obedience”
(handout) and come to class
prepared to discuss it
 Prepare for a reading quiz
 Do not read the reviews of the
experiment
 Work on your second draft of Essay
#4
 Participate in the weekly discussion
(post due Thursday and replies due
Sunday)

16. Conferences during the Peer Reviews