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How much were volunteers paid to participate in Stanley Milgram’s obedience study?
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Stanley Milgram
American social psychologist Stanley Milgram with the “shock generator” used in his famous experiment at Yale University in the 1960s.
Volunteers who participated in Stanley Milgram’s obedience study were paid $4.50 at the beginning of the experiment.1
Recruited from New Haven, Connecticut, these individuals were told they were taking part in a study focused on memory and learning rather than the actual investigation into obedience to authority.12