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

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.

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

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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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Behind the Shock Machine : The Untold Story of the Notorious Milgram Psychology Experiments
Behind the Shock Machine : The Untold Story of the Notorious Milgram Psychology Experiments
by Perry, Gina
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Behind the Shock Machine : The Untold Story of the Notorious Milgram Psychology Experiments

Gina Perry is a psychologist and writer. She wrote the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's award-winning Radio National documentary Beyond the Shock Machine . She lives in Melbourne, Australia.

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