Milgram obedience experiment
Experimento de obediencia de Milgram
- Date
- 1961 · confidence high
- Place
- New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Credited to
- Stanley Milgram (Yale University)
- Field
- Life & health
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What was discovered
Milgram asked volunteers to administer what they believed were increasing electric shocks to an actor for each wrong answer; most went all the way to the maximum voltage, revealing how far people will obey authority even while apparently causing harm.
Milgram's own design and the interpretation of his results remain the subject of academic controversy.
What it led to
- Ethical debate that transformed consent protocols in human research
- Replications and critical reviews of obedience to authority