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Authority & Obedience (Milgram)

Would ordinary people deliver dangerous shocks because someone in a lab coat told them to? Milgram's 1961–62 experiments, the variations that changed obedience, the ethical and methodological critiques, replications, and lessons for institutions.

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Prereqs: Social proof & conformity. Next: Status & signaling. Sources: Milgram (1963) and *Obedience to Authority* (1974), Burger (2009) partial replication, Gina Perry's *Behind the Shock Machine* (2012), Cialdini's *Influence*.
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