Overview
- Summary
- "This book is a fascinating introduction to Stanley Milgram, best known for his obedience study in which he persuaded his subjects to administer electric shocks to what they thought were fellow subjects. Lunt explores Milgram's influence in social psychology and how he undercut the traditional notion that individuals should be seen as rational autonomous beings"--Provided by publisher.
- Series
- Mind shapers series
Mind shapers series. - Format
- Book
- Published
- Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
0911 - Locale
- United States
- Contents
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Milgram's obedience to authority experiments
Milgram's explanation of his findings
The reaction of the psychology community
Power, domination and the sociology of the holocaust
Political culture, political psychology and social influence
The individual in a social world
Contemporary resonances of Milgram's research. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Milgram's obedience to authority experiments -- Milgram's explanation of his findings -- The reaction of the psychology community -- Power, domination and the sociology of the holocaust -- Political culture, political psychology and social influence -- The individual in a social world -- Contemporary resonances of Milgram's research.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780230573154
0230573150 - Physical Description
- xi, 157 pages ; 22 cm.
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