If someone told you to give a stranger an electric shock, to the point where you're severely harming and possibly even killing that stranger... would you do it? What if they were in a white lab coat with a clipboard?

The Milgram experiment is one of the most famous and controversial psychological experiments on obedience and has had a lasting effect on understanding “obedience, authority, and human behavior” as well as group dynamics.


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-Research assistance by Toni Wormold.
-Audio editing by River Innes.
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• The Stanley Milgram Experiment: Understanding ObedienceMilgram Experiment: Overview, History, & Controversy
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