'Shocking' Obedience Found in Children.

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ERIC Number: EJ164957

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1977

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'Shocking' Obedience Found in Children

Science News, 112, 8, 117-118, Aug 77

Describes a Stanley Milgram type obedience experiment conducted with 192 Jordanian children ages 6-16. Seventy-three percent of the children responded via administering supposed dangerous electrical shocks to test subjects. (SL)

Descriptors: Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Behavioral Sciences, Child Psychology, Educational Research, Experimental Psychology, Psychological Studies, Research

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