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Credibility and Incredulity in Milgram’s Obedience Experiments: A Reanalysis of an Unpublished Test

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Those following ongoing conversations about the Milrgam obedience to authority experiments may be interested in a recent article in Social Psychology Quarterly that reanalyses some of the original data from the experiment. Details below. “Credibility and Incredulity in Milgram’s Obedience Experiments: A Reanalysis of an Unpublished Test,” by Gina Perry, Augustine Brannigan, Richard A. Wanner, … Continue reading Credibility and Incredulity in Milgram’s Obedience Experiments: A Reanalysis of an Unpublished Test →

Voices off: Stanley Milgram’s cyranoids in historical context

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AHP readers may be interested in an article now in press at History of the Human Sciences: “Voices off: Stanley Milgram’s cyranoids in historical context,” by Marcia Holmes and Daniel Pick. Abstract: This article revisits a forgotten, late project by the social psychologist Stanley Milgram: the ‘cyranoid’ studies he conducted from 1977 to 1984. These … Continue reading Voices off: Stanley Milgram’s cyranoids in historical context →

Experiment 20: A Dramatization of Three Women in Milgram’s Obedience to Authority Experiments

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AHP readers may find Experiment 20, the Guardian’s recent collaboration with Macquarie University, of interest: Experiment 20 dramatises the stories of three women who took part in the psychologist Stanley Milgram’s ‘Obedience to Authority’ experiments in 1962, and insisted on being heard. More than 800 people were recruited for what they were told was a … Continue reading Experiment 20: A Dramatization of Three Women in Milgram’s Obedience to Authority Experiments →

Theory & Psychology Special Issue: “Unplugging the Milgram Machine”

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The October 2015 issue of Theory & Psychology is a special issue on “Unplugging the Milgram Machine.” Guest edited by Augustine Brannigan, Ian Nicholson, and Frances Cherry the issue includes a number of articles of interest to AHP readers. Full titles, authors, and abstracts follow below. “Introduction to the special issue: Unplugging the Milgram machine,” … Continue reading Theory & Psychology Special Issue: “Unplugging the Milgram Machine” →

Experimenter: The Milgram Movie

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Adding to the recent trend in popular uptake of classic mid-century controversies in psychology (see for example the acclaimed television series Masters of Sex, which fictionalizes the groundbreaking sex research conducted by Masters and Johnson), October sees the release of Sundance Festival feature Experimenter (find our earlier coverage of the festival here), a film written and … Continue reading Experimenter: The Milgram Movie →

Milgram’s Obedience to Authority Experiment on Mysteries at the Museum

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Stanley Milgram’s infamous obedience to authority experiments have made their way to the Travel Channel. The study appears – in highly dramatized form – in the February 6th episode of Mysteries at the Museum.  Helping describe the study is Cathy Faye, Assistant Director of the Center for the History of Psychology in Akron, Ohio. The simulated shock generator … Continue reading Milgram’s Obedience to Authority Experiment on Mysteries at the Museum →

New HoP: Milgram, Murray, Nostalgia, and More!

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The August 2013 issue of History of Psychology is now online. Included in this issues are articles that look at the history of the concept of nostalgia, the contingencies surrounding the voice-feedback condition in Stanley Milgram’s obedience to authority experiments, a translation of Wilhelm Wundt’s (above) Psychology’s Struggle for Existence (Die Psychologie im Kampf ums Dasein) by … Continue reading New HoP: Milgram, Murray, Nostalgia, and More! →

And Yet More Milgram…

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For those following AHP’s continuing coverage of everything Milgram related, we bring you another look at the now infamous obedience to authority experiments. In a forthcoming issue of Theory & Psychology, historian of psychology Ian Nicholson (right) examines the recent rehabilitation of Milgram’s research. Nicholson draws on the archival record of the obedience to authority … Continue reading And Yet More Milgram… →

Milgram Once More: How Evil Are You?

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This Sunday October 30th, just in time for Halloween, the Discovery Channel is airing a special episode of their series Curiosity. The series itself is described on Discovery’s website as an adventure of discovery, an expedition to uncover the truths behind life’s most challenging questions. With an insatiable thirst for answers and experiences, we’re prepared … Continue reading Milgram Once More: How Evil Are You? →

William Shatner’s Milgram Portrayal Now Online

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In 1975, William Shatner, best known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek television series, took on the starring role in a now largely forgotten television movie: The Tenth Level. Broadcast on CBS, the TV movie featured Shatner as the Stanley Milgram-esque psychologist Stephen Turner, conducting research into the … Continue reading William Shatner’s Milgram Portrayal Now Online →