Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted these experiments during the 1960s. They explored the effects of authority on obedience. In the experiments, an authority figure ordered ...

"Part of that context is that Milgram was a 27-year-old untenured professor who understood that in order to make his mark he had to 'discover' something counter-intuitive, something surprising.

“The experiment requires that you continue” Secretly watching this scene from behind a two-way glass mirror, was a 28-year-old social psychologist and Yale professor named Stanley Milgram.

Milgram's Obedience to Authority Experiment Comes Home Obedience to malevolent authority lies not in the other but in the human heart. Posted February 18, 2025 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D.

One of the most famous psychological experiments was the Milgram Obedience Experiment. Conducted in the early 60’s, Miligram told volunteers that he was experimenting on whether or not subjects ...

But in 2008, Santa Clara University researcher Jerry Burger performed an experiment dubbed “obedience lite,” in which the shocks were stopped at 150 volts.

Stanley Milgram – Obedience (clip). More than 1,000 New Haven (Connecticut) residents were recruited for what they were told was a study about learning and memory. The drama they took part in ...

Election 2016 has developed into a repeat of Milgram’s experiment. We have a chance, at least within the ranks of the GOP, to see Milgram’s findings play out in life.

"Part of that context is that Milgram was a 27-year-old untenured professor who understood that in order to make his mark he had to 'discover' something counter-intuitive, something surprising.