Description: (Psychologist, University teacher, Sociologist)
Stanley Milgram, an influential American social psychologist, conducted controversial obedience experiments in the 1960s. Inspired by the Holocaust and Adolf Eichmann's trial, he conducted groundbreaking research at Yale, Harvard, and the City University of New York Graduate Center. His work on obedience to authority and the small-world concept had a significant impact on social psychology. Milgram's studies shed light on human behavior and compliance, earning him a prominent place in the history of psychology.