Obedience to Authority：The Unique Experiment That Challenged Human Nature

Dr.StanleyMilgram(August15,1933–December20,1984)wasasocialpsychologistatYaleUniversity,HarvardUniversityandtheCityUniversityofNewYork.WhileatHarvard,heconductedthesmall-worldexperiment(thesourceofthesixdegreesofseparationconcept),andwhileatYale,heconductedtheMilgramexperimentonobediencetoauthority.Healsointroducedtheconceptoffamiliarstrangers.