Milgram's Study of Obedience |
This has got to be one of the most fascinating studies of obedience ever conducted. Below are some sites where you can find out more about the study. You ought to recognise the pictures from the experiment above.
- A Biography of Stanely Milgram
- An brief description of the experiment
Below you can also hear some of the audio clips taken from the video that was made of the experiment. Just click on the clips below. You will be asked to decide if you want to open the files from their current location or save them to disk. Choose to open them from their current location. Then press play and sit back and listen!
Clip 1: This is a long audio clip of the 3rd Pp administering shocks to the confederate. You can hear the confederate's pleas to be released and the experimenter's instructions to continue.
Clip 2: A short clip of the confederate refusing to continue with the experiment.
Clip 3: The confederate begins to complain of heart trouble.
Clip 4: Listen to the confederate get a shock: "Let me oughta here. Let me out, let me out, let me out" And so on!
Clip 5: The experimenter tells the Pp that they must continue.
| This is a barchart showing the results of Milgram's original study and the variations he did...
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| Please e-mail me, M.Partridge (mp@ke7.org.uk), with your comments and suggested improvements. Thanks. This page was last updated 30/11/05. |
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