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A new outline of social psychology.Authority: Obedience, defiance, and identification in experimental and historical contexts.

A new outline of social psychology.: Authority: Obedience, defiance, and identification in... In the spring of 1962 Stanley Milgram was conducting his final two experiments on obedience to authority. One of these, which he called the Bridgeport condition, was designed to test the effects of institutional context on people's obedience to the commands of an authority figure. Participants were recruited through a newspaper ad and asked to come to the offices of (the fictitious) "Research Associates of Bridgeport" to participate in an experiment on memory and learning. Milgram conducted a second experiment that spring, the "bring a friend" condition. Here, participants were asked to come to the same office, for the same purposes, and to bring a friend with them. Although Milgram reported the results of the Bridgeport condition in his book Obedience to Authority (1974), he did not report his findings from the second condition, either in the book or in any of his articles. In this chapter we use the data from both conditions to examine how personal relationships influence obedience and defiance toward authority. We begin with a description of the two experiments. Discussion then moves to focus on the role of identification in both an experimental and historical context. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A new outline of social psychology.Authority: Obedience, defiance, and identification in experimental and historical contexts.

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American Psychological Association
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Copyright © 1997 American Psychological Association
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235 –246
DOI
10.1037/10225-013
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Abstract

In the spring of 1962 Stanley Milgram was conducting his final two experiments on obedience to authority. One of these, which he called the Bridgeport condition, was designed to test the effects of institutional context on people's obedience to the commands of an authority figure. Participants were recruited through a newspaper ad and asked to come to the offices of (the fictitious) "Research Associates of Bridgeport" to participate in an experiment on memory and learning. Milgram conducted a second experiment that spring, the "bring a friend" condition. Here, participants were asked to come to the same office, for the same purposes, and to bring a friend with them. Although Milgram reported the results of the Bridgeport condition in his book Obedience to Authority (1974), he did not report his findings from the second condition, either in the book or in any of his articles. In this chapter we use the data from both conditions to examine how personal relationships influence obedience and defiance toward authority. We begin with a description of the two experiments. Discussion then moves to focus on the role of identification in both an experimental and historical context. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Aug 31, 2004

Keywords: social psychology; authority; obedience; personal relationships; defiance; identification; experimental setting; history; influence

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