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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.
Stanley Milgram, an influential American social psychologist, authored several significant texts that detailed his research on human behavior, including his controversial studies on obedience to authority.
His primary books discussing these experiments and their broader context in the field include:
- Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View (1974)1
- The Individual in a Social World: Essays and Experiments (1977)1
These works provide essential insights into his findings regarding conformity, social pressure, and the factors that lead individuals to inflict harm under the direction of an authority figure.1