... findings mean to social psychology. The initial obedience experiment was carried out on men in New Haven, Connecticut. It was not until later that it was carried out on women, mainly because of Milgram's original interest in what motivated the 'war criminals' (who were largely male) during the 2nd world war. Volunteers who took part were selected from a range of lifestyles and ages and given $4.50 as payment for taking part in what they believed to be a 'study of memory'. It is important to add that before the research started they were told that they could keep the money even if they decided to leave at any point during the experiment. Consequently, this eliminates the possibility of a volunteer carrying on for purely monetary reasons. The research involved three key people, an actual volunteer who would become the teacher, a fake volunteer who would become the ...

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