Sentences with phrase «increasingly painful shocks»
A new study from University College London and Oxford University diverges from the famous Yale University study from the 1970s by psychologist Stanley Milgram who found that most people would obey direct orders to send what appeared to be increasingly painful shocks to an unseen stranger.
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The infamous Milgram experiment, in which subjects believed they were delivering increasingly painful high - voltage shocks to other participants for giving incorrect answers, demonstrated people's willingness to obey an authority figure even when asked to do something reprehensible.