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What voltage range appeared on the shock generator in the Milgram experiment?
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Stanley Milgram
American social psychologist Stanley Milgram with the āshock generatorā used in his famous experiment at Yale University in the 1960s.
The shock generator used in the Milgram experiment featured 30 voltage levels, which increased in increments from 15 to 450 volts.12