Stanley Milgram Study Of Authority And Obedience

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Stanley Milgram is widely talked about in the psychology community, and even outside of it, he wished to look at obedience. He found an interest in authority and obedience because the horrific cases during World War II involving concentration camps. Jerry Burger wished to find out whether people still obey authority in 2006 like participants did in the Milgram study in 1963, 1965, and 1974. The final sample of participants consisted of 29 men and 41 women, ranging from age 20 to 81, with the mean age being 42.9 (Burger, 2009). The experiment was replicated with adjustments so that it would be ethical to carry out. Anyone who was seen as not psychologically fit, was let go from the study and still received the $50. The participants also took