Identifying Systematic Disobedience in Milgram's Obedience Experiments: A Meta-Analytic Review

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-304

  Packer, Dominic J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84993723085     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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