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Volunteers are invited to a laboratory under the pretense of participating in a study about the effects of punishment on learning. They are told to administer an electric shock of increasing intensity everytime a "learner" makes a mistake. This text explores how ordinary people can commit the most horrific of crimes if placed under the influence of a malevolent authority.
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'One of the most significant books I have read in more than two decades of reviewing.' -- Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times
'The most important social psychological research done in this generation... The quality of the exposition in the book is so high that it qualifies as literature as well as science.' -- Roger Brown, Harvard University
'Brilliant.' -- Psychology Today
A stunning series of experiments... which hold a mirror up to our ethical dilemmas in a way few other experiments have managed to do.' -- Nicci Gerrard, The Observer
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'The most important social psychological research done in this generation... The quality of the exposition in the book is so high that it qualifies as literature as well as science.' -- Roger Brown, Harvard University
'Brilliant.' -- Psychology Today
A stunning series of experiments... which hold a mirror up to our ethical dilemmas in a way few other experiments have managed to do.' -- Nicci Gerrard, The Observer
Volunteers are invited to a scientific laboratory under the pretence of participating in a study about the effects of punishment on learning. They are instructed by an experimenter to administer an electric shock of increasing intensity every time a 'learner', strapped into an electric chair, makes a mistake. How many, if any, would go right up the scale to 450 Volts?
The implications of Stanley Milgram's extraordinary findings (up to 65% of subjects administered the full shock) are devastating. From the Holocaust to Vietnam, Obedience to Authority goes some way towards explaining how ordinary people can commit the most horrific of crimes if placed under the influence of a malevolent authority.
Stanley Milgram's classic and controversial social psychology title has been unavailable in the UK for many years.
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- PublisherPinter & Martin Ltd.
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0953096416
- ISBN 13 9780953096411
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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