Source: Photo by Isabella Fischer on Unsplash In 1961, a young psychologist named Stanley Milgram set out to understand what he viewed as one of the most pressing questions of his time: How had the ...

In the early 1960s, psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a controversial study in which participants were led to believe they were administering... Taking A Closer Look At Milgram's Shocking ...

During the first half of the 20th century, Europeans were subjected to extreme human brutality. Millions of people were killed in the first World War, millions of people were killed by communists ...

Who should be spared pain, hurt or disappointment, and who should be harmed? This internal dilemma accompanied the participants of the Milgram experiment, say experts from SWPS University. They have ...

As Philip G. Zimbardo reports, many studies — including his Stanford prison experiment and the classic Milgram obedience experiment — have shown that pressure from authorities, peers, and degrading ...

Masiée, C. (2025) War Crimes: What Drives Soldiers off the Edge? An Examination of Atrocities Committed by the Wehrmacht and Vietnam Soldiers. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 13, 390-403. doi: ...

Psychological experiments that stopped 40 years ago because of ethical concerns could instead be conducted in cyberspace in the future. By repeating the Stanley Milgram's classic experiment from the ...

Psychologist and author Lauren Slater joins Host Larry Mantle to discuss her new book, Opening Skinner’s Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century. These include the noted ...