How Old Was The Milgram Test Done Originally In The 1960's

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The Milgram Experiment was a test done originally in the 1960s. It involved bringing people in to be a “teacher” and having the “teacher” give a test to another person who is hooked up to a generator. Whenever the “learner” gets a question wrong the “teacher” issues a shock. These shocks go all the way to 450 volts. The point of the experiment was to see how far people would go with the shocks. Would people actually issue a shock that could be potentially fatal to the person they are issuing the test to? The biggest part of this was the influence of the “professor” that was in the room with the “teachers”. Whenever a particularly large shock was issued to the “learner” he would cry out in pain. This caused several people to question whether