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Milgram Experiment

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In Milgram experiment, the objective was to find out the conflict between obedience to authority figures and personal conscience. In the video, it was shown that some participants became uncomfortable with carrying on with the experiment as the ‘learner’ starts to scream in pain, asked to be released and rejecting to answer the questions when they hit the 300 volts level. The participants did question the experimenter if they should carry on but the only reply was to carry on and no stopping. From the experiment, 65% of the participants actually shocked the ‘learner’ to the maximum level. However, the other 35% insisted to stop before reaching the maximum level. Even though 65% of participants that continued till the end, during the process,

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