MILGRAM EXPERIMENT ABOUT AUTHORITY AND OBEDIENCE

Abstract

Stanley Milgram seeks an answer for the question of "Why do peopleobey?" based on the Nazi experience. The results of Milgram's research that we will analyze are frightening. Most of the people have obeyed the orders of a scientist who has no power of enforcement. In the experiment this scientist is an authority figure. Authority can basically be described as the existence of two elements: The first is the authority; and theother is the obedient. The obedience that the concept of authority implies, is very significant for understanding the legal order. In this context, concept ssuch as nature of the group, conformity, social learning, language and communication, behaviour and attitude are closely related to authority and law. Various studies have been carried out for understanding the nature of both the authority and submission. Among those studies, Muzaffer Serif's "Emergence of the Group Norm Experiment", Solomon Asch's "Conformity Experiment" Stanley Milgram's"Obedience to Authority Experience" are very important due to their contributions to the social impact experiments.