Psych 103: Writing Workshop – October 5, 2015 From the Ghosts of Abu Ghraib assignment Original Text Personally, I think the Milgram experiment was much more fair and ethical than the Zimbardo experiment, simply because in the Milgram experiment nobody was actually being electrically shocked, whereas in the Zimbardo experiment, real people were subject to horrendous offenses and the trauma they experienced would influence them for life. (50 words) Edited Text The Milgram experiment was more ethical than Zimbardo's, because Milgram didn't actually shock anyone, whereas in the Zimbardo experiment, people were subjected to horrendous offenses, and the trauma they experienced would influence them for life. (35 words) The documentary was very interesting film how soldiers took orders even though they were morally wrong. The milligram experiment really showed how this type of behavior works. (27 words) The documentary, The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, illustrated how soldiers followed immoral orders. The Milgram experiment showed how this behavior may arise. (22 words) I believe that striving for more information is a step that each and every one of us could take to avoid ignorant or unethical actions in the future. (28 words) Striving for more information may avoid future ignorant or unethical actions. (11 words) There were a lot of similarities between the prison of Abu Ghraib and the psychological experiments, Milgram's and Zimbardo's. (19 words) Milgram's and Zimbardo's experiments had a number of similarities with what happened at the Abu Ghraib prison. (17 words) Although the studies depict what Although the studies depict what Milgram and Zimbardo found based on Milgram and Zimbardo found, they their research, there are differences differ with what actually happened in between the two studies and what Abu Ghraib. (18) actually happened in Abu Ghraib. (27)