Milgram's Classic Obedience Study

Milgram’s classic obedience study involved three individuals. Basically, the participant had to increase an electrical shock to another individual when a mistake was made, but was told it was a “learning experiment”. However, the individual getting shocked was not really getting shocked, but acted as if they were. This study was to see if the individual would continue to comply by increasing electrical shocks to the person making the mistakes. Most psychologists felt that a small percentage would comply and eventually refuse because the experiment is unethical. Sadly, the psychologists were wrong and 65 percent of the participants complied and increased the electrical shock to its maximum level. It was stated that some participants kept shocking