In 1963, stanley milgram reported that 65% of research participants, at the request of the experimenter, would administer phony shocks that they considered real, to a stranger. he demonstrated how obedient humans can be to authority figures. some critics contend that milgram's findings cannot be used to predict behavior in real life. how might milgram respond to this criticism?

laboratory research allows you to identify general principles that do generalize to other real world contexts

Explanation:

Stanley Milgram: He was a social psychologist, best-recalled for his obedience experiments. The research revealed how far people are ready to go to obey the authority figure. Stanely's experiments are remembered because of the ethical issues as well, which influences the changes in experiments performed today.

The Shock Experiment: The obedience experiment is conducted by Stanely, at Yale University. The experiment focuses on the conflicts between personal conscience and obedience to authority.

Conclusion of the experiment: Before the experiment, experts believed that about 1-3% of subjects wouldn't stop giving shocks. They believed that you'd have to be a psychopath to do so. Still, 65% didn't stop giving shocks.

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