The Journal of Social Psychology, June 1st, 1996
The Milgram Obedience Experiment was used to explain the severity- responsibility effect where greater responsibility is ascribed to the person involved in events with severe outcomes than in mild-outcome events. The Milgram Obedience Experiment involves the watching of a film where a 'teacher' is shown administering a 90-volt shock to an unseen learner. The study showed that the person involved was found more responsible when outcome was frequent than infrequent. Outcome severity, however, did not change the degree of responsibility ascribed to the person involved.
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