Obedience to Authority - An Experimental View

Half a century ago, social scientist Stanley Milgram carried out a series of experiments. The ''teacher'' is told to administer electroshocks in progressively more painful degrees to the ''learner.'' The teacher-unaware that the learner is an actor receiving no shocks at all-is the real focus of the study. These controversial and criticized experiments illustrate how people will obey authority regardless of consequences. ''[Milgram''s] investigations accomplish what we should expect of responsible social science: to inform the intellect without trivializing the phenomenon.''-Science

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• Authors: Stanley Milgram, Milgram Stanley
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2009
• EAN: 9780061765216
• ISBN: 978-0-06-176521-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Perennial Classics
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Popular Culture, Social Theory, Philosophy of Science, Psychology: emotions, Ethics and moral philosophy, Sociology: family and relationships, Social research and statistics, Interpersonal communication and skills, Philosophy / Ethics, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Popular Culture, PSYCHOLOGY: Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY: Interpersonal Relations, PHILOSOPHY: ETHICS, GENOCIDE STUDIES: SOCIOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY: Movements / Existentialism, PHILOSOPHY: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, HARPER PERENNIAL CLASSICS: PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY: Experimental Psychology, Philosophy / Political/Philosophy, Genocide Studies / Sociology & Psychology, Harper Perennial Classics / Psychology