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The Man Who Shocked The World: The Life And Legacy Of Stanley Milgram
by
Thomas Blass
The creator of the famous "Obedience Experiments," carried out at Yale in the 1960s, and originator of the "six degrees of separation" concept, Stanley Milgram was one of the most innovative scientists of our time. In this sparkling biography-the first in-depth portrait of Milgram-Thomas Blass captures the colorful personality and pioneering work of a social psychologist w...more
Hardcover, 392 pages
Published
March 17th 2004
by Basic Books
(first published 2004)
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“The Man Who Shocked The World:” An Engaging Biography of Stanley Milgram
Stanley Milgram (1933-1984) was a social psychologist whose research has had a far-reaching influence on both psychology and on the view of social psychological research at large. If you’ve taken a general psychology or social psychology course, you may remember him as “The Obedience Guy” or “The Shock Guy” as Milgram designed research studies to test the ordinary person’s level of obedience to an authority figure when the...more
Stanley Milgram (1933-1984) was a social psychologist whose research has had a far-reaching influence on both psychology and on the view of social psychological research at large. If you’ve taken a general psychology or social psychology course, you may remember him as “The Obedience Guy” or “The Shock Guy” as Milgram designed research studies to test the ordinary person’s level of obedience to an authority figure when the...more
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this book is a book that helped me with my research paper that talked about Stanley Milgram and his experiment. it talked about how his experiment consisted of a "teacher" and a "learner" where the actual experiment was the "teacher". this book showed me how people would react while under an authority figure and what they will do while under this authority figure. the shocking thing about it is that the people, still knowing they will conflict pain on the other person still went on to continue t...more
His experiments on obedience are considering the paradigmatic examples of unethical psychological experiments, yet this book shows the bum rap he got and much more. The picture of him and a graduate student hours before Milgram died haunts me.
This book was just not my thing. I got it because I thought it sounded interesting, though I admit I was hoping for more of a focus on Milgram's work and its relevance/effects/legacy in the years since he did his experiments, and less digging into the minutiae of his life. The level of detail in this biography was just a bit too much for my taste, and so the book really dragged for me. There's a lot of information in here, and it seems to certainly be well-researched, so maybe it'll be someone e...more
Decent bio on a significant figure in 20th century pop culture. The book spends a great deal of time on Milgram's obedience experiment and the fallout in its wake. So much so I actually wished for a little more detail on Milgram's life.
The book wraps up with a very nice conclusion which lists instances of the holocaust in vivid, cruel detail. In spite of this Milgram advises to not instantiate explanations for obedience to authority in the Nazi age based upon his research, which obviously folk...more
Although I loved reading about all the creative experiments Milgram worked on, I found the biographical parts of the novel fairly dull.
Story of Stanley Milgram and his obedience experiences and origins of six degrees of separation.
It was ok, but I couldn't really get involved with it. The descriptions of the experiments were interesting, but I like to know more in-depth personal stuff, too.
This was my Social Psychology professor!
Dec 17, 2008
Anastacia
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Lovers of psychology
Shelves:
psychology-psych-overtones,
science-ish
I really liked this book; it was incredibly interesting reading his perspectives and theories of how people can be so easily led by authority. Adding in the autobiographical details of his life only served to make it more engaging. A fascinating read.
This is a really interesting biography, and it familiarizes one with both Milgram's pioneering work, and the person behind it.
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