Asch's Confomity was definitely the only experiement that was morally correct. I really think that if I was presented with the same question in the experiment, I would not choose the answer that the others have been choosing if I know a different one is correct. If I was unsure on the answer, I would definitely jump on the bandwagon, but in this circumstance, i would trust my gut. Milgrim's Obedience was very cruel to the "teacher". Although it is tough to say after seeing hte results of the experiemnt, i really think that i would havent finished the testing. I would of felt horrible! Although we cannot conduct such experiemnt today, it would be interesting to repeat to see how the results differ over the last 60 years. The worse of the experiments was obviously the Stanford Prison Experiment. This was near tourture! I can imagine that it would be difficult resisting to falling into the roles, but yet again, I cannot imagine throwing all of one's morals out the window in a 6 day period! This experiment would also be interesting to repeat.
Social Influence is the difference in one while being surrounded or affected by a certain group of people than how they would normally act. A prime example of social influence in my life is that when my friends are slacking and not doing their homework in down time at school, i often choose to procrastinate as well, even though I know I should be getting my work done. Another example is that I tend to curse a lot, but when I am around someone who doesn't curse, or doesn't like when people do, I tend to act a lot more innocent. This works both ways, because when I am around friends that curse a lot, I find myself cursing a lot more as well.
The most interesting thing I learned in this class is about Memory. Specifically, I found the Thompson-Cotton case extremely intriguing. I found this so interesing because I knwo many people that tend to stretch the truth, and everybody does it at some point. I now have a better understanding of how our mind tends to mold our memories into what we want to remember rather than what is actually right.
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