Learning from The Milgram Experiments

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Egg Harbor Twp. Branch
Egg Harbor Township Meeting Room

Event Details

Open to adults & teens. Licensed Forensic Psychologist & Stockton University Professor, John White talks on the Milgram Experiments & what we can learn from them to prevent and resist future atrocities like the Holocaust. The Milgram experiments were conducted by Psychologist Stanley Milgram in 1961 in the shadow of Nazi War Criminal, Adolph Eichmann's trial. Milgram sought to measure levels of obedience to authority when participants were instructed to perform acts that violated their consciences. Part of ACLS Reads.
Event Type(s): Lecture / Seminar
Age Group(s): Adults, Teens
Presenter: John White
Egg Harbor Township Branch
(609) 927-8664