Stanley Milgram’s classic experiment of obedience

Stanley Milgram’s classic experiment of obedience focuses on social control and social conformity. Review Milgram’s experiment. View the videos within “Classic Studies in Psychology” on the Milgram studies in the GCU Library. Scroll down to and watch videos 12, 13, 14, and 15: “Justification?,” “Milgram’s Study of Obedience,” “The Results,” and “Milgram’s Conclusions.”

Review the story in the text in Chapter 5. Then think about and formulate a response for the following situation.

 If you were the ruler of country, what behaviors would you classify as deviant? How would you make the populace obey and conform? 

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