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Figure 14.13 Materials Used in Milgram’s Experiments on Obedience
Source: Adapted from Milgram, S. (1974). Obedience to authority: An experimental view. New York, NY: Harper
and Row.
Once the learner (who was, of course, actually the experimental confederate) was alone in the
shock room, he unstrapped himself from the shock machine and brought out a tape recorder that
he used to play a prerecorded series of responses that the teacher could hear through the wall of
the room.