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Behind the shock machine : the untold story of the notorious Milgram psychology experiments  Cover Image Book Book

Behind the shock machine : the untold story of the notorious Milgram psychology experiments / Gina Perry.

Perry, Gina, (author.).

Summary:

When social psychologist Stanley Milgram invited volunteers to take part in an experiment at Yale in the summer of 1961, none of the participants could have foreseen the worldwide sensation that the published results would cause.

Record details

  • ISBN: 159558921X (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9781595589217 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: x, 339 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: Rev. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : New Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Note to readers -- Time line of the obedience experiments -- Prologue -- Introduction -- The man behind the mirror -- Going all the way -- The limits of debriefing -- Subjects as objects -- Disobedience -- The secret experiments -- Milgram's staff -- In search of a theory -- The ethical controversy -- Milgram's book -- Representing obedience -- Conclusion -- Appendix: list of conditions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Additional sources.
Subject: Milgram, Stanley.
Interpersonal relations.
Social psychology > Experiments > History.
Behaviorism (Psychology) > Moral and ethical aspects.
Human experimentation in psychology > Moral and ethical aspects.
Psychology > Research > Effect of experimenters on.
Obedience > Psychological aspects.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library HM 132 .P477 2013 30775305463276 General Collection Available -


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