Article
Compliance: Film About a Real-Life Milgram Experiment
Psychology Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2015
Disciplines
Abstract
The film, Compliance, tells the story of a real-life Milgram experiment in which strip-search scams were perpetrated in USA fast-food restaurants. A pilot study was carried out to explore the appropriateness of the film for classroom instruction about the psychology of obedience to authority. Participants with more knowledge about Milgram's research were significantly more likely to endorse use of the film than the less knowledgeable participants. Results suggest that substantive instruction on obedience to authority is a prerequisite to using Compliance in the classroom.
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Citation Information
Taylor, C., Bushman, R., Gwilliam, R., Novis, M., & Tiarks, J. (2015). Compliance: Film about a real-life Milgram experiment. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 19(3), 43-52.
Copyright ©authors.
Bushman, Novis, and Turks are students in the Master of Arts in Applied Psychology program; Gwilliam is a Research Assistant in the Psychology Department.