Milgram's obedience experiments: A rhetorical analysis

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 290-309

  Gibson, Stephen ^a  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84878643219     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02070.x     Document Type: Article

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