Summary
Almost exactly 50 years ago, the social psychologist Stanley Milgram embarked on a programme of research that was to change our understanding of the human propensity for evil forever.
Participants in the research came into his laboratory at Yale for what they thought was a study looking at the effects of punishment on memory.See the full content of this document
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Experiment 50 Years On
Does a person learn better if they are punished every time they make a mistake? To help the experimenter investigate this question, participants were placed in the role of teacher and asked to administer an electric shock to a learner ever...
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