... will also be put forward. The results of Milgram's experiment will be presented followed by a discussion regarding the contribution that Milgram's study made to the understanding of human behaviour. Milgram's study put volunteers into a controlled situation as teachers, in which they were told they were involved in a learning experiment (Carlson, Martin, Buskist, 2004). An authoritative figure commanded them to dispense agonizing electric shocks to another participant who had volunteered for the experiment, who was actually Milgram's associate. Milgram's associate, known as the learner was strapped to a chair with electrodes attached to him (Brehm & Kassin 2005). The learner and teacher communicated in separate rooms, in which the teacher asked the learner questions (Glassman & Hadad 2004). In response to every wrong answer the teacher administered an electric shock, which increased by 15V for every wrong answer that followed (Eysenck 1998). The experiment had a considerable feeling ...

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