Behind The Shock Machine: The Untold Story Of The NotoriousMilgram Psychology Ex

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In the summer of 1961, a group of ordinary men and women volunteered for an experiment about memory being conducted by young, dynamic psychologist Stanley Milgram.

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In the summer of 1961, a group of 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 administer a series of electric shocks to a man they'd just met. And no one could have foreseen how the repercussions of their actions, made under pressure and duress, would reverberate throughout their lives. For what the volunteers did not know was that the man was an actor, the shocks were fake, and what was really being tested was just how far they would go. When Milgram's results were released, they created a worldwide sensation. He reported that people had repeatedly shocked a man they believed to be in pain, even dying, because they had been told to - he linked the finding to Nazi behaviour during the Holocaust. But some questioned Milgram's unethical methods in fooling people. Milgram became both hero and villain, and his work seized the public imagination for more than half a century, inspiring books, plays, films, and art. For Gina Perry, the story of the experiments never felt finished.Listening to participants' accounts and reading Milgram's unpublished files and notebooks, she pieced together an intriguing, sensational story: Milgram's plans went further than anyone had imagined. This is the compelling tale of one man's ambition and of the experiment that defined a generation.

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The previously untold true story of the most controversial psychological research of the modern era, the Milgram experiments.

Author Biography

Gina Perry is an Australian writer whose feature articles, columns, and essays have been published in The Age and The Australian, and her short fiction has been published in a number of literary magazines, including Meanjin, Westerly, and Island.

Review

'A parable, and a warning, about what happens when research scientists trample over their human subjects on the road to personal posterity. Gina Perry has written a necessary and gripping book.' - Maria Tumarkin

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'Fascinating'

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The true story of the most controversial psychological research of the modern era.

Details ISBN1921844558 Author Gina Perry Year 2012 ISBN-10 1921844558 ISBN-13 9781921844553 Format Paperback Imprint Scribe Publications Country of Publication Australia Affiliation both Teachers, TAFE Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing, Victoria University, Melbourne Pages 432 Subtitle The Untold Story of the Notorious Milgram Psychology Experiments Short Title BEHIND THE SHOCK MACHINE THE U Language English Media Book Birth 1976 DEWEY 150.00 Place of Publication Carlton North Publication Date 2012-04-26 Publisher Scribe Publications Audience General/Trade NZ Release Date 2012-04-25 AU Release Date 2012-04-25 We've got this

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