Milgram (1963) investigated destructive obedience to determine how harmful people would be to other people because they were told to. This study was largely inspired by the Nazi’s crimes against humanity, and Milgram (1963) referenced the millions of people killed and the acts committed as a result of obeying orders. Milgram’s (1963) experiment required men to deliver what they thought were dangerous, high voltage shocks to another man. Subjects were told that they were participating in an experiment about punishment and memory, and each subject was told to deliver a higher voltage for every wrong answer given. Continue reading...
