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Behind the Shock Machine: the untold story of the notorious Milgram psychology experiments
by
Gina Perry (Goodreads Author)
The true story of the most controversial psychological research of the modern era.
In the summer of 1961, a group of ordinary men and women volunteered for a memory experiment to be conducted by young, dynamic psychologist Stanley Milgram. None could have imagined that, once seated in the lab, they would be placed in front of a box known as a shock machine and asked to give...more
In the summer of 1961, a group of ordinary men and women volunteered for a memory experiment to be conducted by young, dynamic psychologist Stanley Milgram. None could have imagined that, once seated in the lab, they would be placed in front of a box known as a shock machine and asked to give...more
Paperback, 432 pages
Published
April 26th 2012
by Scribe Publications
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For anyone unaware of what this book is talking about: In a time before ethics, Stanely Milgram ran a seminal experiment where participants believed they were studying the effect on punishment of learning - in this case the effect of electric shocks on learning word pairs. In reality Milgram was studying how far participants would go shocking their 'learner' in the name of science.
The study had a huge impact on a number of areas of psychology, oddly however Perry isn't so interested in the scien...more
The study had a huge impact on a number of areas of psychology, oddly however Perry isn't so interested in the scien...more
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I’ve got to admit, I’m reviewing this book from a psychology background, so I don’t know if my view is the most objective. But having heard the story of Milgram for the first time in high school, and subsequently repeated again and again throughout my undergraduate course, I was in heaven at this look inside the secrets of the Milgram experiment.
For those who don’t know, Milgram conducted a series of experiments in the 60s, in which participants were instructed by a researcher to administer pro...more
For those who don’t know, Milgram conducted a series of experiments in the 60s, in which participants were instructed by a researcher to administer pro...more
Anyone who has studied the most basic psychology or sociology units in high school or university will no doubt have heard the most famous version of the Milgram experiments. Every few years or so they are addressed in the news or referenced in films, novels, etc. It seems hard to imagine someone who hasn't crossed some allusion to them at some point or another.
Perry's investigation unearths a much larger perspective on the experiments and their results that perhaps previously belonged to the 'iv...more
Perry's investigation unearths a much larger perspective on the experiments and their results that perhaps previously belonged to the 'iv...more
Highly readable. Possibly a little repetitive. However, 33 years after I was taught about this study as a Social Psych. undergraduate, it was good to be prompted to think about how psychology has developed over the years. I can't quite recall if our course took the Milgram work at face value, or if we spoke of it in connection with the ethical issues, or even the overlooked and unaccounted for variables! What is so interesting about this book is, of course, the human stories. Getting insights in...more
Pacy, thought-provoking and stimulating. Full of amazing detail, and so well told, this had me hooked from beginning to end. You don't have to know much about Stanley Milgram or his experiments to appreciate this book - it's really more of an insight into the human psyche, and into how scientists can treat people as objects without due consideration for their rights or feelings. The author has done so much research, hours and hours in the Milgram archives at Yale university, and it shows in the...more
Think you know about the Obedience to Authority experiments? Think again. Gina Perry presents a new, and dare I say, shocking look at what really happened, backed by unbelievably thorough and detailed research based on primary sources and interviews. The style is engaging, while the personal conflicts that Perry experiences during her journey help the reader deal with their own inevitable moral struggles as they confront this disturbing experiment. An excellent and stimulating book.
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