During the 1960s, a groundbreaking experiment proved that most people might just follow orders even when it meant inflicting ...

In a series of studies inspired by Stanley Milgram’s obedience experiments, researchers explored how the perceived status of ...

Do people listen to those in positions of authority, even if what they are telling them is wrong? That question was at the heart of the famous Stanley Milgram psychology experiments and still remains ...

In the 1960s, Stanley Milgram conducted controversial experiments to investigate just how far obedience to an authority figure could subvert his subjects' moral beliefs. In this thought-provoking work ...

Let's say you signed up for a part-time job and were sent to a university research lab, where a famous experiment on obedience was being conducted by U.S. social psychologist Stanley Milgram (1933 ...