In the media discussion about Abu Ghraib, I wish there was more mention of the famous experiments by Milgram, Zimbardo, and others that dealt with obedience to authority and prison roles.
(It's almost like no journalist or commentator took Psych 101 in college.)
Posted by raacluse at May 11, 2004 09:55 PMGood point.
I was just reading about Milgram's experiments recently and found some of the similarities between that and Abu Ghraib eerie.
Posted by: maphet at May 12, 2004 12:35 AMLooks like these social psych studies have been mentioned in the media in the week since I ranted about this.
For example, Philip Zimbardo has appeared on CNN and quoted all over the place (NY Times, SF Chronicle, etc.)
And there's even a critique of his study and comments by someone in Slate:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2100419/
Posted by: raacluse at May 18, 2004 10:26 PM