Week 7 - Power & Obedience

Session 16 - Power - The Stanford Prison Experiment

Open up with a brief recap on the concepts covered last session - specific focus on the SPE.

View the documentary with the students - must take notes on the research design aspects. Ensure that all students have completed this activity and written it up in their workbook.

Move onto Group Activity - designing a research investigation that addresses the aim of the SPE, but is more ethically viable / sound. 

Session 17 - Obedience - The Milgram Experiments

Recap the main ideas from last session - continue on with relevant PowerPoint. The main concepts covered in the PowerPoint presentation include:

• The definition of Obedience
• Milgrams Experiment on Obedience
• Factors that influence Obedience

Students are to read through 384 - 391 0f the textbook and complete Learning Activity 9.12 in their workbooks.