Gina Perry
Gina Perry appears on this site as first author of the 2019 Social Psychology Quarterly paper reanalysing an unpublished test from Milgram's obedience experiments.
Who they are
The work of Gina Perry reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Incredulity Hypothesis, Obedience to Authority.
Key papers
Perry, G., Brannigan, A., Wanner, R. A., & Stam, H. J. (2019). Credibility and incredulity in Milgram's obedience experiments: A reanalysis of an unpublished test. Social Psychology Quarterly, 83(1), 88-106. What it reports: Reanalyses an unpublished test from the obedience programme. In 18 of 23 variations, participants who fully believed they were causing pain chose lower shock levels.
Key ideas
Incredulity Hypothesis: The proposal that participants in the obedience experiments generally did not believe the shocks were real.
Obedience to Authority: The tendency of ordinary people to carry out an authority's instructions, shaped strongly by the setting and the people around them.
Sources
- Perry, G., Brannigan, A., Wanner, R. A., & Stam, H. J. (2019). Credibility and incredulity in Milgram's obedience experiments: A reanalysis of an unpublished test. Social Psychology Quarterly, 83(1), 88-106.