Chapter 01 of 5
Just Following Orders
Milgram's obedience experiments — and what they really showed.
- The Question
Would you obey?
In 1961, Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram set out to test how far ordinary people would go when told to hurt someone.
- The Context
In the shadow of war
The study began soon after the trial of Nazi official Adolf Eichmann, who claimed he had only been following orders.
- The Cover Story
A study of learning
Volunteers were told the experiment was about whether punishment helps people learn.
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🧪 Experiments That Shocked Psychology
- 01Just Following OrdersMilgram's obedience experiments — and what they really showed.
- 02The Lines That LiedHow a room full of wrong answers changes what people say they see.
- 03The Prison in the BasementThe Stanford Prison Experiment — and why its famous lesson is now doubted.
- 04The Marshmallow TestA famous test of willpower — and what bigger studies found.
- 05The Replication CrisisWhen famous findings didn't hold up — and how science fixed itself.