Analyzing his experiment, Stanley Milgram, a Yale psychologist, concludes that people go to great lengths to obey orders given by a higher authority. The experiment, which involved ordinary people administering “shocks” to an unknown subject, raised many questions in the psychological world. Diana Baumrind, a University of California psychologist and Milgram's colleague, attacks Milgram's ethics after completing his experiment in her review. He believes that Milgram is unethical towards the subjects he uses for tests and claims that his experiment is irrelevant to obedience. In contrast, Ian Parker, a writer for the New Yorker and Human Sciences, claims that Milgram's experiments have validity in the psychological world. While Baumrind focuses on Milgram's ethics, Parker focuses more on the reactions, both immediate and long-term, to his experiments. In his excerpt, Baumrind discusses the potential dangers of side effects on experiment participants. On many occasions he suggests that these people are the subjects of a cruel and unethical experiment and are suffering from damaged self-image and emotional turmoil (227). He also calls Milgram's experiment a “game” (Baumrind 225); this illustrates his negative opinion of the experiment which is seen throughout the article. Instead, Parker discusses the consequences on Milgram himself. He expresses how the experiment, although it shows how far of obedience a person can travel, ruined Milgram's reputation. Parker also cites many notable authors and psychologists and their reactions to Milgram's experiment. Despite their differences, Baumrind and Parker manage to find common ground on some issues concerning Milgr...... middle of paper... Milgr's level of obedience is affected by the location and surroundings of the experiment ; they also have a mutual understanding on the issue of ethics. However, there is a larger question. Could these points indicate that humans do not have full control of their own actions? Works Cited Baumrind, Diana. “Review of Stanley Milgram's Experiments on Obedience.” Writing and reading for ACP composition. Ed. Thomas E. Leahey and Christine R. Farris. New Jersey: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2009. 224-229. Press. "Ethical problems of the Milgram experiment". Associated Content. Yahoo, November 8, 2008. Web. October 12, 2011. Mcleod, Saulo. “Milgram Experiment”. Simply psychology. Np, 2007. Web. 12 October 2011.Parker, Ian. "Obedience." Writing and reading for ACP composition. Ed. Thomas E. Leahey and Christine R. Farris. New Jersey: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2009. 230-240. Press.