In the experiment Milgram talks about the basic arrangements, "the essence of obedience'" and different variations of the study. ... The "teacher" sat in front of a machine with switches labeled with various electric volts. ... In another variation of the study, Milgram would have the experimenter give the instructions over the phone. ... Based on the basic physical arrangements, Mailgrams' "essence of obedience," and the variations of the study accounted for different outcomes to his study. In the original study, not being held responsible for their act...

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The Actual Milgram carried out studies on obedience to authority at Yale from 1960-1963 (Obedience, xv). ... The subject believes he meets the experimenter and another subject for a study on punishment and learning, which the experimenter describes in detail. ... In Experiment 18, where the subject delivered the quiz while another "subject- (a second actor/accomplice) delivered the shocks, 93% of the subjects sat through the same scenario as a participating spectator, without withdrawing from the study "hardly a sadistic fringe (Obedience, 122). The actual studies of obedience seen ...

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Solomon Asch influenced many people to study social psychology and take part in looking what makes people act and do the things that they do. ... Gleitman, Rozin and Sabini said that during the early years of World War II when Hitler was at the height of power, Solomon Asch began studying the impact of propaganda and indoctrination while he was a professor at Brooklyn College's psychology department. ... After completing the initial study, Asch conducted additional research to see if the size or unanimity of the majority was more important in influencing conformity (Asch, 1956). ......

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