Ebook: Behind the shock machine: the untold story of the notorious Milgram psychology experiments

When social psychologist Stanley Milgram invited volunteers to take part in an experiment at Yale in the summer of 1961, none of the participants could have foreseen the worldwide sensation that the published results would cause;Note to readers -- Time line of the obedience experiments -- Prologue -- Introduction -- The man behind the mirror -- Going all the way -- The limits of debriefing -- Subjects as objects -- Disobedience -- The secret experiments -- Milgram's staff -- In search of a theory -- The ethical controversy -- Milgram's book -- Representing obedience -- Conclusion -- Appendix: list of conditions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Additional sources