Volunteers are invited to a scientific laboratory under the pretence of participating in a study about the effects of punishment on learning. They are instructed by an experimenter to administer an electric shock of increasing intensity every time a 'learner', strapped to an electric conductor, makes a mistake. How many, if any, would go right up the scale to 450 Volts? The implications of Stanley Milgram's extraordinary findings (up to 65 per cent of subjects administered the full shock) are devastating. From the Holocaust ...
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Volunteers are invited to a scientific laboratory under the pretence of participating in a study about the effects of punishment on learning. They are instructed by an experimenter to administer an electric shock of increasing intensity every time a 'learner', strapped to an electric conductor, makes a mistake. How many, if any, would go right up the scale to 450 Volts? The implications of Stanley Milgram's extraordinary findings (up to 65 per cent of subjects administered the full shock) are devastating. From the Holocaust to Vietnam and Iraq, "Obedience to Authority" goes some way towards explaining how ordinary people can commit the most horrific of crimes if placed under the influence of a malevolent authority. This title is presented with a new foreword by Jerome Bruner.
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New. From the Holocaust to Vietnam and Iraq, this title explains how ordinary people can commit the most horrific of crimes if placed under the influence of a malevolent authority. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246. 2010. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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On the topic of social science and experiments on the subject, this is a must read book. An extremely fascinating piece of research into the subject of authority and its influence on human behavior.
Received poorly by a large portion of the American community, this book revealed some insight into the motives behind some acts committed during war, specifically world war two.
Patricia T
Jul 31, 2014
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This book was for a gift and it arrived to me in a timely manner, reasonable price and in good condition
