A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Studies of Obedience Using the Milgram Paradigm: A Review

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-205

  Blass, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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EID: 84856977320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00417.x     Document Type: Review

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