CONNECT THE PLOTS
Based upon the lesson discussing the Sociological Perspective (understanding human behavior by placing it
within its broader social context), make the connection with the following sources. You are to write on a
separate sheet of paper the connections between the media sources in paragraph form (DO NOT JUST LIST
IDEAS).
FROM THE SUPPLEMENTAL READER (BLACK BOOK) CLASSIC EXPERIMENTS IN PSYCHOLOGY: USE THE SPACE
FOLLOWING THE LISTINGS FOR KEEPING ANY NOTES
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#56 (page 325) Solomon Asch on Conformity (1951)
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#58 (pg. 335) Stanley Milgram on Obedience to Authority (1963)
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#59 (pg.341) Latané and Darley: The Unresponsive Bystander (1970)
Watch the Following Videos and use the space after the QR Code to keep notes on the video
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Asch Conformity Experiment - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYIh4MkcfJA (4:10)
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Philip Zimbardo – Stanford Prison Experiment - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0jYx8nwjFQ (6:47)
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A Class Divided - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/view.html (part 1 10:27,
part 2 9:51, part 3 6:52, part 4 13:22, part 5 14:45) APPROXIMATE TOTAL TIME – 55 MINUTES
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The Science of Evil - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwOeCF27PzM (35:57)
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McDonald’s Case - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFXeXK3szOk (9:59)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
NUREMBERG TRIALS (Nov.20, 1945 – October 1, 1946)
Trials of twenty-four Nazi leaders for war crimes committed during World War II. An international military
tribunal established by the United State, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and France met in Nuremberg,
Germany, where after lengthy trials, it handed down twelve death sentences, nine prison sentences, and three
acquittals. Associate Justice Robert Jackson took leave of his post on the U.S. Supreme Court to act as chief U.S.
prosecutor.
MY LAI MASSACRE (March 16, 1968)
Incident during the Vietnam War during which American soldiers invaded a hamlet in Vietnam and opened fire
on about 350 unarmed Vietnamese civilians, mostly women, children, and old men. They burned and destroyed
the village, killing anyone they found still alive. When journalists learned of the massacre over a year later,
William Calley, Jr., who maintained he was “only following orders,” was tried and found guilty on twenty-two
counts of murder. His sentence of life imprisonment caused more public controversy, with some insisting his
actions were justified and some seeing him as a scapegoat for others equally or more guilty. His sentence was
eventually reduced to then years, of which he served three years under house arrest in his apartment. He was
paroled on September 10, 1975.
SOURCE: The Great American History Fact Finder
ARTICLE – A rotten barrel (May 17, 2004)