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Psychology · Chapter 12
The Pressure to Comply
Two of psychology's most famous experiments asked a simple question. How far will an ordinary person bend to a group, or to an authority? Run
Solomon Asch's
line task and
Stanley Milgram's
shock study. Feel the pressure for yourself.
The setup
Asch: the lines
Milgram: the shocks
People answering out loud before you:
6
Are you truly alone against them?
Alone against the group
One of them says “B”
The right answer is obvious. What do you say?
A
B
C
Refuse
Continue and flip the switch ›