Milgram obedience experiments more art than science 10/02/2015 abc.net.au/worldtoday |
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Here’s another person casting doubt on Professor Stanley Milgram’s famous “I vass only following orders” experiment conducted in the early 1960s. Rather than Milgram’s 65% of participants being prepared to inflict pain on others when ordered, Kathryn Millard finds that his own records (of 25 versions of the experiment) show that 58% of participants resisted the orders.
See also: Gina Perry: Milgram’s Obedience Experiments & her book Behind the Shock Machine.