Nothing by mere authority: Evidence that in an experimental analogue of the Milgram paradigm participants are motivated not by orders but by appeals to science

Haslam (2014) · Journal of Social Issues · Read the paper

Haslam, Reicher and Birney, Journal of Social Issues 70(3), 2014, 473-488. Milgram-style analogue with no shocks, participants describing increasingly pleasant groups with negative adjectives. Continuation and completion rose as prods appealed to scientific goals and fell as they were more order-like; fits an engaged followership model.

Haslam, Reicher and Birney, Journal of Social Issues 70(3), 2014, 473-488. Milgram-style analogue with no shocks, participants describing increasingly pleasant groups with negative adjectives. Continuation and completion rose as prods appealed to scientific goals and fell as they were more order-like; fits an engaged followership model.

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Haslam, S. A., Reicher, S. D., & Birney, M. E. (2014). Nothing by mere authority: Evidence that in an experimental analogue of the Milgram paradigm participants are motivated not by orders but by appeals to science. Journal of Social Issues, 70(3), 473-488. doi:10.1111/josi.12072 https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12072