How Stanley Milgram 'Shocked the World'

June 12, 20091:00 PM ET

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How Stanley Milgram 'Shocked the World'

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In the early '60s psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted his "obedience" experiments, showing that most people will do what an authority figure tells them to do. Psychology professor Thomas Blass details Milgram's life and work in his book The Man Who Shocked the World.