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Stanley Milgram "Good experiments, like good drama, embody verities." ** ﻿ (August 15 1933-1984) ** ** Psychology Professor ** ** Sociocultural Perspective: ** Stanley Milgram mostly studied and experimented with the effects power of authority has on people. Also, his experiments dealt with how people interacted with each other under stressful situations. Educational Background:  Stanley Milgram went to James Monroe High School and graduated in three years. He received his bachelors degree from Queens College in 1954 in political science. Later, Milgram decided to change careers and he applied for and later received his PhD in social psychology at Harvard. Major Accomplishments: 1 . Wrote a theory about obedience to authority to explain the atrocities of WWII concentration camps.

2. Studied cross cultural differences in Norway and in Paris. 3. Studied the effects of conformity and why people conform to things. 4. Studied the effects of violent television on the populace.

Other Major Contributions: 1. Stanley wrote many books that are still read today about obedience and conformity.

2 . Made a movie called: The City and the Self. It was about the differences in behavior brought on by living in an urban environment compared to a rural environment.

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Sources: 1. [|http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/milgram.htm] -birth and death information, educational background

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