... the war criminals were male. Highly prestigious Yale University was the location for Milgram's original experiment. The participants were deceived into thinking that the experiment was about effects of punishment on learning. The volunteer participants drew lots for teacher or learner roles but unknown to them the draw was actually fixed so as they were always the teacher. The learner was an actor and a confederate of the experiment. The teacher and learner were placed in separate rooms but communicated through a microphone. The teacher was also made aware that the learner had a heart condition. The learner had to learn a list of word pairs and communicate the correct answer to the teacher. Every time the learner got an incorrect answer the teacher had to administer an electric shock with a shock generator. The shock generator was not real but played an important role in the experiment. The generator ...

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