From New Haven to Santa Clara: A Historical Perspective on the Milgram Obedience Experiments

American Psychologist

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-45

  Blass, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

authority; history of psychology; Holocaust; Milgram; obedience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ETHICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUNISHMENT; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUNISHMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849091031     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014434     Document Type: Article

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