Modern-day replications of one of history's most disturbing social psychology experiments reveal what makes ordinary people obey an immoral order – and how to resist.

Two of the most famous experiments in psychology, the Stanford prison experiment and Stanley Milgram's obedience studies, ...

Stanley Milgram's experiment was a controversial test of human psychology that shed light on the limitations of free will and obedience to authority. Milgram's obedience experiments forced a subject ...

To discover why so many Germans participated in atrocities during WWII, a Yale scientist looked close to home, and was shocked by what he found.

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Adolf Eichmann’s trial for Nazi war crimes captivated the world in 1961. Coolly, and without regret, Eichmann acknowledged the horrors he had committed, defending them as the acts of an obedient ...

The episode reads like a transcript out of the most infamous psychological experiment of all time—the Milgram experiment. If you've ever taken any introductory psychology course, you've heard of it.

The playfully dead-serious drama Experimenter depicts the life of Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard), the Yale social scientist who, in 1961, directed his subjects (“teachers”) to deliver shocks of ...

One of the most famous psychological experiments was the Milgram Obedience Experiment. Conducted in the early 60's, Miligram told volunteers that he was experimenting on whether or not subjects would ...

HBO’s Westworld works off the premise that humans are power-hungry monsters that, given the opportunity, will inflict just about as much pain on others as possible. Premise granted. Prestige ...