Milgram's study

Aim: Milgram wanted to see whether people would obey a legitimate authority figure when given instructions to harm another human being.

Procedure: He conducted a lab experiment, 2 participants were assigned either the role of a teacher (true participant) or learner (a confederate)

Teacher & learner were put into separate rooms. Teacher was asked by the experimenter (who wore a lab coat) to administer electric shocks (which were actually harmless) to the learner each time he gave the wrong answer. These shocks increased every time the…