Milgram
Shock experiment psychologist
Milgram refers to Stanley Milgram, an American social psychologist best known for his controversial obedience experiments conducted at Yale in the 1960s.
In these studies, participants were instructed to administer what they believed were painful electric shocks to others, revealing how ordinary people could be led to harm strangers when directed by authority figures.
The Milgram experiment has become shorthand for discussions of conformity, obedience, and the banality of evil.
Adhering to requirements
- submissionYielding to another's will
- conformityAdherence to norms
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
discipline · dutifulness · acquiescence · docility · servility · subservience · adherence · passivity
Intentional misleading of others
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- debriefingQuestioning following an operation
- harmInjury or damage
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
morality · dilemma · autonomy · principles · responsibility · exploitation · beneficence · integrity
Adherence to norms
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- groupthinkConformity-driven poor decisions
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
propaganda · norms · suggestibility · indoctrination · charisma · bandwagon · legitimacy · uniform
Psychology studying observable conduct
- experimentalTesting new methods
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- situationalDependent on circumstances
- dispositionalRelating to inherent character
CUNY · Harvard · methodology
compliance
Adhering to requirements
- submissionYielding to another's will
- conformityAdherence to norms
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
deference · discipline · dutifulness · acquiescence · docility · servility · subservience · adherence · passivity · yielding
deception
Intentional misleading of others
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- debriefingQuestioning following an operation
- harmInjury or damage
coercion · morality · dilemma · autonomy · principles · responsibility · exploitation · beneficence · integrity · misconduct
conformity
Adherence to norms
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- groupthinkConformity-driven poor decisions
- complianceAdhering to requirements
manipulation · propaganda · norms · suggestibility · indoctrination · charisma · bandwagon · legitimacy · uniform · Yale
behaviorism
Psychology studying observable conduct
- experimentalTesting new methods
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- situationalDependent on circumstances
dispositional · CUNY · Harvard · methodology
Milgrambystander intervention
Witness taking helpful action
positive psychology · Maslow · Abraham Maslow · defiance · disobedience