Stanley Milgram
By: Katelyn Wilson
What he did
He was a social psychologist who conducted studies on obedience to authority. He did his studies at Yale in 1961-1962. He discovered that 65% of the people he tested were willing to give painful shocks out simply because they were told to. Although they were acting like they were shocked in the moment it seemed very real.http://www.stanleymilgram.com/films.php
What is he famous for?
He is famous for the studies he conducted at Yale University in 1961-1962.
How did his research affect psychological thought?
It gave people a better understanding on how they brain works and how we react to authority. It also gave people more of an understanding about the holocaust. People wanted to know if the Nazis were doing what they were told because they wanted to or if they were just listening to authority.
How did their research affect average american or person?
People understood that people will obey authority easily so it gave people more ideas about how to get what they want. people also had to rethink their decisions and evaluate how much they can control somebody. When people are familiar with a uniform and they associate it with authority they are more willing to do what that person says rather than if the person in the uniform was wearing regular clothes.
Stanley Milgram Information
How do their research affected the time period they lived?
He only did his study on girls so they never tested if they would get the same results for girls. The holocaust was going on so that influenced him to do the study with males he was Jewish so he didn't understand how people could do that. The people that were doing the study volunteered to do it and they were getting paid which may have changed the results.
Stanley Milgram Obedience Experiment (May, 1962)
People doing the experiment
40 people did the experiment and they all gave out shocks but only 65% of them continued the shocks up to 450 volts.