Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The Stanley Milgram's Obedience Experiment

We all know about the experiment which demonstrated that we are more likely to do something awful if we are told to do so by a figure of authority.
I never knew the name of the experiment and I didn't even know if it was known as the XXX theory / experiment / syndrome or what. Whenever I wanted to refer to it I always had to explain it.
But now I know: It is called the Stanley Milgram's Obedience Experiment, or the Milgram Experiment. It seems that the experiment was done at Yale U between 1961 and 1974.
I would like to read the book by Thomas Blass: "The Man who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram"