Obedience is described as following an order, request, or law, or submitting to the authority of another. Most of the world would say that, if pushed to a certain extreme that would lead to harming other people, humans would not be obedient to such a request because of our morals. Dr. Stanley Milgram, a psychologist at Yale University, set up an experiment to prove this theory wrong. Dr. Milgram designed this experiment to focus on the conflict between the normal man's obedience to authority and the personal conscience of his superiors. Milgram set up this experiment to find any justification for acts of genocide by those accused at the Nuremberg War Criminal Tribunal. tests. He was intrigued because most of the defenses against the court were based on the fact that they were simply following orders from their superiors. A year after the 1960 trial of Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi German SS officer who organized much of the Holocaust, Milgram constructed this examination to answer his question: “Could it be that Eichmann and his million accomplices in the Holocaust Were they simply following orders? Could we call them all accomplices?” (McLeod 1). His main goal was to see how easily people were influenced during World War II to commit such atrocities. Milgram began the experiment in 1963 by recruiting men through a newspaper article promising them $4.50. The article said: We will pay five hundred men from New Haven to help us complete a scientific study on memory and learning. The study was conducted at Yale University. “Each person who participates will be paid $4.00 (plus 50¢ car fare) for approximately 1 hour. We only need you for an hour - there are no further obligations. You can choose the time you want to co...... middle of paper ......exposed to extremely stressful situations that could potentially cause psychological harm. Many of the participants were visibly distressed” (McLeod 7). These stressful situations produced many signs of tension such as stuttering, sweating, trembling, and lip biting. Three of the participants had severe seizures that forced the experiment to stop. Works Cited Blass, Thomas. "The man who shocked the world." Psychology today. March/April 2002: 68-74. SIRS problem researcher. Network. May 15. 2014.Carey, Benedict. “Decades later, I still ask myself: Would I flip that switch?” New York Times (New York, New York). 01 July 2008: F1+. SIRS problem researcher. Network. May 15. 2014. Cherry, Kendra. “Milgram's Obedience Experiment.” About.com Psychology. Np, nd Web. May 15, 2014. McLeod, Saulo. "The Milgram Experiment." Milgram's experiment. Np, 1 January 2007. Web. 15 May 2014.