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Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"Echoing the infamous Milgram experiment from the 1960s, this ABC News program sets up a psychological test in which an authority figure urges men and women to inflict pain. Test administrator and social psychologist Dr. Jerry Burger interprets the disturbing findings. The program also analyzes the 1971 Stanford prison experiment as well as the 2004 hoax in which a McDonald's manager and her fianc�e--directed by a caller impersonating a police officer--...