1. How did Elliott's discrimination create no-winsituations for those placed in the inferior group? Howdid she selectively interpret behavior to confirm thestereotypes she had assigned?
2. How did the negative and positive labels placed on agroup become self-fulfilling prophecies?

What should people learn from this experiment?

Why do people obey authority? Have you ever obeyed an authority figure and later wished you had not?

Do you think that people today are more aware of right versus wrong and would be more willing to refuse to obey authority?