The Power of Authority: The Milgram Experiment

💡 The video discusses the Milgram experiment, which focused on obedience to authority.

🔬 The experiment involved three roles: the researcher, the teacher, and the student.

⚡️ The teacher was instructed to administer electric shocks to the student for incorrect answers, with the voltage increasing for each mistake.

🧪 The Milgram Experiment examined obedience to authority by testing participants' willingness to administer electric shocks.

⚡️ 40 male participants were involved, with 25 of them continuing to administer shocks up to 450 volts.

🔌 Participants obeyed the experimenter's commands without taking responsibility for their actions.

🔍 The Milgram Experiment explores obedience to authority.

💡 Participants in the experiment felt compelled to obey the authority figure due to the hierarchical structure.

❓ The experiment raises the question of why individuals tend to obey authority.