PT Barnum meets Stanley Milgram

·July 13, 2016 ·Milgram's obedience experiments, Social psychology, Stanley Milgram, Writing of psychology

What have professional showmen like PT Barnum and social psychologists like Stanley Milgram got in common? Plenty, according to Michael Pettit,  science historian and author … Read more »

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Stanley Milgram and Candid Camera

·April 10, 2012 ·Milgram's obedience experiments

Milgram’s obedience experiments and Candid Camera In a famous scene from the 1960s TV show Candid Camera a taxi driver watches incredulously as a car … Read more »

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