When a Lab Coat Overruled Conscience
20th Century

When a Lab Coat Overruled Conscience

A psychology professor at Yale convinced ordinary people to torture strangers with electric shocks—and they did it because someone in a lab coat told them to.

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PsychologyHuman NatureAuthorityCold WarYale UniversityStanley MilgramConformityHolocaust StudiesBehavioral ScienceEthicsPost-War AmericaSocial Psychology

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