Question

What is the authors likely purpose for including John Watson’s 1974 and dr.bandura 1975 experiments?

Answer 1

I believe the correct answer is: to support the

article’s and Zimbardo’s argument regarding the influence of social conditions

on behavior.

In the article “What makes good people do bad

things?”, Melissa Dittmann purposely included John Watson’s 1974 and Dr.

Bandura’s 1975 experiments to support hers and professor’s Phillip Zimbardo’s

opinion that social conditions influence behavior. Their experiments illustrate

that people are more aggressive if they stay anonymous, but are on their best behavior

if they know that they will be punished (being called “animals”).

hope this helps