Summary Of A Famous Experiment By Stanley Milgram

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One concept we talked about is class was obedience, people’s tendency to conform to authority, and was demonstrated in a famous experiment done by Stanley Milgram. Very recently I had an experience with this phenomenon. It was here in China, two weekends ago when Lion took us on a Saturday trip to the Leshan Giant Buddha. At the beginning of the trip we met as a group near the main entrance to the mountain. Paul said we would have two hours to do what we wanted then we would meet back at that spot at 2pm. I formed a group with one of the other professors and his daughter, Lilla. We saw the Buddha, then walked around. We found another exit/entrance to the mountain but it was in the complete opposite direction of where we were supposed to meet

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