1) Ask a question about the presented concepts to seek more information.

Evaluate the experiment or scenario description provided. Is it a clear and accurate description? Why or why not?

3} Please expand on the concept of the biblical worldview presented. You agree or disagree?

A textbook citation must be included.

What would be the best response to this?

Milgram's experiment on conformity does align with the definition of social psychology. I say this because his obedience experiment is based on the influence that people or things have on another individual. Milgram's experiment was to see what happens when "the demands of authority clash with the demands of conscience (Myers, Twenge, 2022). His experiment facilitated the concept of learning and memory with the factor of electrical shock. To give a little more detail of the experiment, one person was told to teach the other participant a series of words, and when and if the one being taught failed, they would be shocked. The shocks increased in intensity question after question.

I believe that while this experiment conforms to the definition of social psychology, it reveals a dark side of human nature. I say this because the role of a teacher and a student, to where the student is getting punished, can lead to very dangerous things. An example of a dangerous thing occurring from actions such as this is the Nazis (Myers, Twenge, 2022). The Nazis were indoctrinated to believe that Jews were bad, therefore the Holocaust began.

A Biblical perspective does provide hope for the darkness we find in human nature. This perspective provides hope for the darkness we find in human nature because Scripture goes into great detail about how dark and sinful humans and the world truly are, but there are also many lessons of hope throughout the entire Bible. A verse that ties back into the experiment, a verse about obedience, is found in the book of John, which says, "But I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here" (English Standard Version, John 14:31). This verse represents how obedience can be done for a good outcome.

References

Myers, G. David, Twenge, M. Jean (2022). Social Psychology (14th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill

English Standard Bible. (2016). Crossway Bibles. (Original work published 2001)