| Psychology:
Conformity & Obedience |
“Far
more, and far more hideous, crimes have been committed in the name of
obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.”
- C.P Snow |
The Ashe Line Study:
- Asch, S.E. (1951) Effects of group pressure upon the modification
and distortion of judgments. In H. Guetzkow (ed.), Group, leadership,
and men. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Press
- Asch, S.E. (1955, November). Opinions and social pressure. Scientific
American, pp. 31-35
The Milgram Study:
- Milgram, S. (1963). Behavioral study of obedience. Journal of Abnormal
and Social Psychology, 67, 371-378
- Milgram, S. (1965). Some conditions of obedience and disobedience
to Authority” Human Relations, vol 18, no 1, pp 57-75
- Milgram, S. (1974). Obedience to authority: an experimental view.
New York: Harper& Row
The Zimbardo Prison Experiment (1972):
Others:
- Sabini & Silver (1982). On destroying the innocent with a clear
conscience: A sociopsychology of the holocaust.
- Gibson & Haritos- Fatouros (1986). The education of a torturer.
Psychology today. Nov. pp 50-58
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