The following questions pertain to the Milgram studies (Highlight 4.2): a. What bases of power were.

The following questions pertain to the Milgram studies
(Highlight 4.2):

a. What bases of power were available to the experimenter,
and what bases of power were available to the subjects?

b. Do you think subjects with a low need for power would act
differently from subjects with a high need for power? What about subjects with
differing levels of the motivation to manage?

c. What situational factors contributed to the
experimenter’s power?

d. What influence tactics did the experimenter use to change
the behavior of the subjects, and how were these tactics related to the
experimenter’s
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The following questions pertain to the Milgram studies
(Highlight 4.2):

a. What bases of power were available to the experimenter,
and what bases of power were available to the subjects?

b. Do you think subjects with a low need for power would act
differently from subjects with a high need for power? What about subjects with
differing levels of the motivation to manage?

c. What situational factors contributed to the
experimenter’s power?

d. What influence tactics did the experimenter use to change
the behavior of the subjects, and how were these tactics related to the
experimenter’s power base?

e. What actually was influenced? In other words, if
influence is the change in another’s attitudes, values, or behaviors as the
result of an influence tactic, then what changes occurred in the subjects as
the result of the experimenter’s influence tactics?

f. Many people have criticized the Milgram study on ethical
grounds. Assuming that some socially useful information was gained from the
studies, do you believe this experiment could or should be replicated today?

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