Milgram Experiment

What percentage administered the 450-volt shock?

65%

What did he teach and what was he working on?

He taught social psychology at Yale and conducted his famous experiment there

What question was the focus of his experiment?

How likely are people to obey authority figures even when the orders they issue conflict with their conscience?

What was Milgram's educational background?

a Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard

Who was Stanley Milgram?

a psychologist who conducted the famous "Milgram Experiment" on obedience to authority

What does this have to do with conscience?

authority often overrides the dictates of conscience even in the most ethical individuals. In other words, when ordered to do something by someone in authority, a person will more often than not obey the authority figure, even if performing the action will cause the person to violate his or her conscience

Who were the subjects?

men between 20 and 50 from a variety of backgrounds who answered the newspaper ad. They were paid $4 for 1 hour

What did Milgram consider to be "perhaps, the most fundamental lesson" that was learned from the experiment?

ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process.

What did the experimenter tell the subjects that the purpose of the experiment was?

to investigate the effects of punishment on learning