The author conducted a partial replication of Stanley Mil-gram's (1963, 1965, 1974) obedience studies that allowedfor useful comparisons with the original investigationswhile protecting the well-being of participants. Seventyadults participated in a replication of Milgram's Experi-ment 5 up to the point at which they first heard the learn-er's verbal protest (150 volts). Because 79% of Milgram'sparticipants who went past this point continued to the endof the shock generator's range, reasonable estimates couldbe made about what the present participants would havedone if allowed to continue. Obedience rates in the 2006replication were only slightly lower than those Milgramfound 45 years earlier. Contrary to expectation, partici-pants who saw a confederate refuse the experimenter'sinstructions obeyed as often as those who saw no model.Men and women did not differ in their rates of obedience,but there was some evidence that individual differences inempathic concern and desire for control affected partici-pants' responses.
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