Comments on: Episode 97: Stanley Milgram Obedience Study Finally Replicated

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:28:14 +0000

Good question Malerie. There’s a good bit of controversy over this. I think it’s best to call Milgram’s early study a “laboratory observation”. In later studies he did manipulate whether or not the experimenter was in the same room as the “learner” and he manipulated the number of people who sat with the “learner” while he gave out the questions and the answers, and these could be called experiments. But none of these would be called correlational studies.

By: Malerie

Malerie — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:42:12 +0000

What kind of experiment was Milgram’s study of obedience to authority? Was it a formal experiment or correlational method?

By: Milgram, Rape & Silence -- a Nadder!

Milgram, Rape & Silence -- a Nadder! — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:27:32 +0000

[...] It seems hard to believe that most people would follow the authority of the experimental setup to the end (where the “student” appears unconscious or dead). Studies show that when people are told about the Milgram experiment results, most believe they would have acted differently. Of course, all this shows is how poor we are at self-assessment — at least for certain aspects of our behaviour. Whether we like it or not, Milgram’s results are very solid and were replicated about 6 months ago (more here). [...]