Discovering Psychology: The Power of the Situation

Write a 4 Page Reaction Paper based on the Following Video(s) and Articles, as well as the Panel Discussion and Class Discussions

Discovering Psychology: The Power of the Situation (View and Discuss in Class: https://www.learner.org/series/discovering-psychology/the-power-of-the-situation/

TED Talk: Simon Sinek: Why good leaders make us feel safe? Reaction Paper https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_why_good_leaders_make_you_feel_safe? (12 Minutes):

Panel Discussion: Ethics in America; Under Orders, Under Fire: Part 1 (View at Home) http://www.learner.org/resources/series81.html | Mandatory Viewing

(1) What specific part of the video, the articles and the panel discussion did you find the most interesting? What parts of the video, the articles and panel discussion did you find yourself most in agreement with? Why would anyone risk their lives for others?

(2) Where would you want to push or challenge this video, these articles film or panel and any of the film’s, articles, or panel’s concepts? What would you do in you were put into any of the experiments’ place? How far would you go? Are great leaders born or are they developed? We all know that when we make decisions in groups, they don’t always go right — and sometimes they go very wrong. How can groups make good decisions?

(3) What are some of the points in the film and the panel discussion do you personally feel is the most important and why? Should there be in rules in combat? (In regard to the panel) or do we leave our ethics and our values behind when we go to war)

(4) Many war-criminals claimed they were merely following orders and could not be held responsible for their actions, in the trials following the World War II. Were the Germans or even the people from the study, in fact, evil and cold-hearted, or is this a group phenomenon which could happen to anyone, given the right conditions?

(5) Based on the results of the Milgram Experiment and the Panel Discussion, do you think that individuals who “compromise their own values and ethics in order to obey authority” are responsible for the treatment of others—- even if the authority figure was giving instructions to harm the other.

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