PSYCH102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Stanley Milgram, Milgram Experiment, Stanford Prison Experiment
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Stanley milgram, a yale university psychologist, conducted one of the most famous obedience studies in psychology. He carried out an experiment that looked at the tension between allegiance to authority and personal conscience. Milgram (1963) looked at the justifications made by those accused of genocide during the world war ii nuremberg war criminal trials. "obedience," implying that they were simply carrying out orders from their superiors. July 1961, a year after adolf eichmann"s trial in jerusalem. Milgram (1963) sought to see if germans were unusually submissive to authoritative figures, as this was a popular explanation for nazi atrocities during. Milgram recruited subjects for his experiment by placing an advertisement in the newspaper for males interested in participating in learning research at yale university. The participant was partnered with another individual and a lot was drawn to determine who would be the "learner" and who would be the "teacher. "
