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Experimenter: The Stanley Milgram Story or Experimenter for a alternative title, is a 2015 American biographical drama film written, directed and co- produced by Michael Almereyda. It depicts the experiments Milgram experiment in 1961 by a social psychologist Stanley Milgram.
Oct 16, 2015 · Experimenter: Directed by Michael Almereyda. With Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan, Anthony Edwards. In 1961, famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans' willingness to obey authority.
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- 2015-10-16
Experimenter is based on the true story of famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram, who in 1961 conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans' willingness to obey by using electric shock.
Oct 16, 2015 · The son of European Jews who escaped the Nazi terror, Milgram wanted to know how ordinary people could do things that violated their conscious principles. And could it be that folks of other nations – even Americans – would submit just as Germans had? The scandalous book in which he revealed his findings was titled “Obedience to Authority.”
Oct 22, 2015 · The family members delivered electric shocks to each other out of frustration, at first – and then just for fun. This resulted in the city’s power grid collapsing and the exasperated doctor giving Homer double his money back.
Jan 26, 2015 · Stanley Milgram’s 1961 “social obedience” experiments famously (or infamously) showed how everyday people could easily be led to hypothetically torture another human being. The study, while ...
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Parents need to know that Experimenter is a serious biographical drama about legendary social scientist Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard), best known for his obedience experiments and the "six degrees of separation" theory. The movie deals with heavy subjects like the correlation between obedience….
