For anyone else interested, here are some examples[1] of the ways in which the experimenter strayed from the script: "In listening to the original recordings o

For anyone else interested, here are some examples[1] of the ways in which the experimenter strayed from the script: "In listening to the original recordings of the experiments, it's clear that Milgram's experimenter John Williams deviated significantly from the script in his interactions with subjects. Williams – with Milgram's approval – improvised in all manner of ways to exert pressure on subjects to keep administering shocks. He left the lab to 'check' on the learner, returning to reassure the teacher that the learner was OK. Instead of sticking to the standard four verbal commands described in accounts of the experimental protocol, Williams often abandoned the script and commanded some subjects 25 times and more to keep going. Teachers were blocked in their efforts to swap places with the learner or to check on him themselves. The slavish obedience to authority we have come to associate with Milgram's experiments comes to sound much more like bullying and coercion when you listen to these recordings." You can watch one of the examples in this video[2] (at 1:30). Having administered several shocks already, the man playing the role of the teacher asks the experimenter, "Who's going to take responsibility if anything happens to that gentleman?" The experimenter begins his reply by saying, "I'm responsible for anything that happens to him," which was contrary to the script, and the teacher continues with the shocks. Later studies have attempted to replicate some of the results though,[3][4] so that is not the end of the story. [1] http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2013/10/02/the-shocking-truth-of-the-notorious-milgram-obedience-experiments/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2013/10/02/the-shocki... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr5cjyokVUs&t=87 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr5cjyokVUs&t=87 [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment#Replications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment#Replications [4] http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/01/rethinking-one-of-psychologys-most-infamous-experiments/384913/ http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/01/rethinking...