Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
In her book, Behind the Shock Experiment, psychologist Gina Perry examines Milgram's experiment in detail. She takes the reader on her journey as she explores her own fascination with Milgram's study, his personal and professional history leading up to the study, and Yale's actual archives of the study. She also weaves in interviews with a number of the study's subjects and employees (or their living relatives). Although occasionally long-winded in her descriptions, Perry's account both informs the reader and fascinates as she details her own transformation from Milgram-devotee to Milgram-skeptic.
Recommended Citation
White, Kristen M., "Understanding “the shock machine” [Review of the book Behind the shock machine: The untold story of the notorious Milgram psychology experiments]" (2014). Faculty Publications - Graduate School of Counseling. 96.
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/gsc/96