English Explanatory Dictionary

Milgram experiment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A social psychology experiment performed by Stanley Milgram in 1963, measuring people's willingness to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience.

Word forms

Milgram experiment

Etymology

Named after American social psychologist Stanley Milgram.

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