{"product_id":"obedience-to-authority-an-experimental-view-paperback","title":"Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStanley Milgram\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHalf a century ago, social scientist Stanley Milgram carried out a series of experiments. The \"teacher\" is told to administer electroshocks in progressively more painful degrees to the \"learner.\" The teacher--unaware that the learner is an actor receiving no shocks at all--is the real focus of the study. These controversial and criticized experiments illustrate how people will obey authority regardless of consequences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" Milgram's] investigations accomplish what we should expect of responsible social science: to inform the intellect without trivializing the phenomenon.\"--Science\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE \u003cem\u003eTHE EXPERIMENTER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The classic account of the human tendency to follow orders, no matter who they hurt or what their consequences.\" -- Michael Dirda, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram famously carried out a series of experiments that forever changed our perceptions of morality and free will. The subjects--or \"teachers\"--were instructed to administer electroshocks to a human \"learner,\" with the shocks becoming progressively more powerful and painful. Controversial but now strongly vindicated by the scientific community, these experiments attempted to determine to what extent people will obey orders from authority figures regardless of consequences. \"Milgram's experiments on obedience have made us more aware of the dangers of uncritically accepting authority,\" wrote Peter Singer in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e. Featuring a new introduction from Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who conducted the famous Stanford Prison Experiment, \u003cem\u003eObedience to Authority\u003c\/em\u003e is Milgram's fascinating and troubling chronicle of his classic study and a vivid and persuasive explanation of his conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e--Henry W. Reicken, Science\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE \u003cem\u003eTHE EXPERIMENTER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The classic account of the human tendency to follow orders, no matter who they hurt or what their consequences.\" -- Michael Dirda, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram famously carried out a series of experiments that forever changed our perceptions of morality and free will. The subjects--or \"teachers\"--were instructed to administer electroshocks to a human \"learner,\" with the shocks becoming progressively more powerful and painful. Controversial but now strongly vindicated by the scientific community, these experiments attempted to determine to what extent people will obey orders from authority figures regardless of consequences. \"Milgram's experiments on obedience have made us more aware of the dangers of uncritically accepting authority,\" wrote Peter Singer in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e. Featuring a new introduction from Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who conducted the famous Stanford Prison Experiment, \u003cem\u003eObedience to Authority\u003c\/em\u003e is Milgram's fascinating and troubling chronicle of his classic study and a vivid and persuasive explanation of his conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 7.98 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915290898748,"sku":"9780061765216","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/cEFtRVkzakpjYkJRNmR3bHh6VGJ1Zz09.webp?v=1774361310","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/obedience-to-authority-an-experimental-view-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}