In which studies were subjects instructed to administer increasingly strong electric shocks to another subject when the other subject made a mistake

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Stanley Milgram's obedience studies involved subjects being instructed to administer electric shocks of increasing strength to another person when they made a mistake on a learning task. The study was designed to investigate how far individuals would go in obeying an authority figure, even if it meant harming another person.

In Which Studies Were Subjects Instructed to Administer Increasingly Strong