The results of the Milgram studies surprised many people. Psychiatrists had estimated that most people would refuse to continue with electric shocks early on. They also thought none of the participants would continue to the end. In reality, everyone was willing to give even high voltage shocks, and most continued to the end.
This is counter-intuitive as it suggests that all humans are capable of extremely evil acts simply because they've been ordered to do so.
On the other hand, there was already evidence from the result from things like the Holocaust. NAZIs like Adolf Eichman claimed that they were "just following orders" and certainly did not appear abnormally evil.
Nevertheless, it is an unexpected result, and it surprised me.
The Milgram experiment was a series of social psychology experiments conducted by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram in the 1960s. The studies measured the willingness of individuals to obey authority figures who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience. The results demonstrated the power of situational factors in influencing behavior.
Briefly, Milgram's experiments showed that people will readily obey authority, even at the cost of harming innocent persons.
the milgram studies are concidered to have been ethical
Stanley Milgram conducted his famous obedience experiments at Yale University in the early 1960s. The studies took place in a laboratory setting, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to a "learner" as part of a learning experiment. Milgram's research aimed to explore the extent to which individuals would follow authority figures, even when it conflicted with their personal conscience.
Arthur Milgram died in 1960.
Boris Milgram was born in 1960.
Arthur Milgram was born in 1912.
Stanley Milgram was born on 1933-08-15.
Stanley Milgram was born on 1933-08-15.
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Stanley Milgram has written: 'Das Milgram-Experiment' -- subject(s): Obedience, Authority 'Obedience to Authority' -- subject(s): Authoritarianism, Authority, Obedience, Social psychology 'Television and Anti-social Behaviour'