Source: Photo by Isabella Fischer on Unsplash In 1961, a young psychologist named Stanley Milgram set out to understand what he viewed as one of the most pressing questions of his time: How had the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — You’re probably not as morally courageous as you think you are. Decades of psychology research have shown that most people will hurt others when an authority figure demands it. Yet a ...

Most regular people are capable of obeying an authority figure’s commands to the point of killing an innocent other. This is the bottom line of Stanley Milgram’s (1963) famous research into the nature ...

Apologies in advance, because I’m about to geek out. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 14 centering around the Milgram Experiment is the coolest thing ever. I’ve been fascinated with this social ...

In the 1960s, Yale University researcher Stanley Milgram conducted a series of experiments that soon became famous—or notorious, depending on one’s point of view. Each student participant was ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Whether you have a rebellious personality or not, most people imagine they are better at overcoming pressure to violate their own principles than they really are, finds a new study.