Etymology

Milgram experiment

Today it means: A social psychology experiment performed by Stanley Milgram in 1963, measuring people's willingness to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience. Full definition →

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Named after American social psychologist Stanley Milgram.

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