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milgram experiment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables
mil-gram -ex-per-i-ment
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A social psychology experiment performed by Stanley Milgram in 1963, measuring people's willingness to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience.

Etymology

Named after American social psychologist Stanley Milgram.

Questions

What does milgram experiment mean?
A social psychology experiment performed by Stanley Milgram in 1963, measuring people's willingness to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience.
Where does milgram experiment come from?
Named after American social psychologist Stanley Milgram.

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