Attributing Evil to the Subject, Not the Situation
Personality and Social Psychology BulletinPublished 1 June 1980
Martin A. Safer
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After seeing Milgram's Obedience film, students apparently conclude that people are evil and would harm a stranger if given the opportunity. Students overestimate the shock level which subjects deliver when uncoerced by the experimenter.
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