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An Intro to Anthro with Two Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.

One of the major criticisms of Stanley Milgram's shock experiment was that it was unethical to put the "Teacher" through...
14/12/2025

One of the major criticisms of Stanley Milgram's shock experiment was that it was unethical to put the "Teacher" through the trauma of thinking they'd killed someone. I don't know if the truth would be any greater relief. Experimenter: "That's right, you didn't ACTUALLY kill anybody, but you DID prove that you WOULD kill somebody if a complete stranger told you to. Here's your $4.50. Next!"

For more on Stanley Milgram's shock experiment, see Episode 83: "Obedience and Authority: From Shock the Monkey to Jailhouse Rock." https://intro2anthro.podbean.com/e/episode-83-obedience-and-authority-from-shock-the-monkey-to-jailhouse-rock/

Image: https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/06/30/science/070108-MIND_index.html

This is a photo of the prisoner line-up during the Stanford Prison Experiment. The guy with the mustache looks like he's...
13/12/2025

This is a photo of the prisoner line-up during the Stanford Prison Experiment. The guy with the mustache looks like he's still just thinking about the $15 a day. Honestly, being stripped naked, locked in a closet, and having panty hose forced on my head is better than most of the work-study jobs I had in college...

For more on the Stanford Prison Experiment, see Episode 83: Obedience and Authority - From Shock the Monkey to Jailhouse Rock - https://intro2anthro.podbean.com/e/episode-83-obedience-and-authority-from-shock-the-monkey-to-jailhouse-rock .

Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

To start his prison experiment off "realistically and with dramatic flair," Philip Zimbardo insisted his volunteers be a...
13/12/2025

To start his prison experiment off "realistically and with dramatic flair," Philip Zimbardo insisted his volunteers be arrested at their homes by a real police officer. Zimbardo even brought along a camera crew from a local TV station to capture the action. Imagine trying to explain to your landlord in 1971, "I swear, I wasn't REALLY being arrested! That cop was just PRETENDING!" And somebody better hold back that kid on the right--he looks like he's about ready to take a swing at the restrained volunteer ("Gosh darn long-haired college punks, smokin' re**er and listenin' to rock-n-roll while I'm out bustin' my hump deliverin' newspapers every Wednesday and Friday. Gee whiz, let me at him, Officer!")

For more on the Stanford Prison Experiment, see Episode 83 - Obedience and Authority: From Shock the Monkey to Jailhouse Rock - https://intro2anthro.podbean.com/e/episode-83-obedience-and-authority-from-shock-the-monkey-to-jailhouse-rock/

Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

And while "Shock the Monkey" isn't about Stanley Milgram's shock experiment, Peter Gabriel's 1986 song "We Do What We're...
12/12/2025

And while "Shock the Monkey" isn't about Stanley Milgram's shock experiment, Peter Gabriel's 1986 song "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)" definitely IS. Have a happy Friday, everyone--that's an order!!

To hear "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)" off Peter Gabriel's "So" album, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMLlDBXtmX0 .

For more on Stanley Milgram and his obedience studies, see Episode 83: https://intro2anthro.podbean.com/e/episode-83-obedience-and-authority-from-shock-the-monkey-to-jailhouse-rock/

Image: https://genius.com/Peter-gabriel-we-do-what-were-told-milgrams-37-lyrics

And while we're on the subject of Stanley Milgram's shock experiment, here's Peter Gabriel's 1982 song "Shock the Monkey...
12/12/2025

And while we're on the subject of Stanley Milgram's shock experiment, here's Peter Gabriel's 1982 song "Shock the Monkey." According to American Songwriter, the song is actually about jealousy. Wikipedia notes that the "monkey is not a literal monkey, but a metaphor for one's feelings of jealousy" and how "jealousy can release one's basic instincts." Try telling that to the monkey...

To hear Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey," click: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnVf1ZoCJSo .

For more on Stanley Milgram's shock experiment, see Episode 83: https://intro2anthro.podbean.com/e/episode-83-obedience-and-authority-from-shock-the-monkey-to-jailhouse-rock/

Image and information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_the_Monkey and https://americansongwriter.com/the-misinterpreted-meaning-behind-shock-the-monkeyby-peter-gabriel/ .

It's show time at the Yale psychology department. The "victim," aka "Mr. Wallace," takes the stage in Stanley Milgram's ...
12/12/2025

It's show time at the Yale psychology department. The "victim," aka "Mr. Wallace," takes the stage in Stanley Milgram's shock experiment. The "teacher" was allowed to watch as electrodes were attached to Mr. Wallace's wrists.

For more on Stanley Milgram's shock experiment, see Episode 83: Obedience and Authority: From Shock the Monkey to Jailhouse Rock.

Image: www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html

This is the man who played "the victim" in Stanley Milgram's shock experiment. Inhis book "Obedience to Authority," Milg...
12/12/2025

This is the man who played "the victim" in Stanley Milgram's shock experiment. Inhis book "Obedience to Authority," Milgram says: "The victim was played by a forty-seven-year-old accountant, trained for the role; he was of Irish-American descent and most observers found him mild-mannered and likable." The role of "the experimenter," by the way, was played by a 31-year-old high school biology teacher...

For more on Stanley Milgram's shock experiment, see Episode 83 - "Obedience and Authority: From Shock the Monkey to Jailhouse Rock" intro2anthro.podbean.com/e/episode-83-obedience-and-authority-from-shock-the-monkey-to-jailhouse-rock/

Image from Stanley Milgram's "Obedience to Authority," HarperPerrenial, New York, 1974.

As Human Number Two keenly observed in this week's episode, there was also a grocery store chain in Kansas City called "...
11/12/2025

As Human Number Two keenly observed in this week's episode, there was also a grocery store chain in Kansas City called "Milgram's," known for its friendly "Hi, Neighbor!" tagline. Although there was no obvious connection to Stanley Milgram's obedience study, I always felt compelled to buy some crap from their toy and candy aisles. "Hi, Neighbor, please proceed with the experiment..."

For more on Stanley Milgram's infamous shock experiment, see Episode 83: intro2anthro.podbean.com/e/episode-83-obedience-and-authority-from-shock-the-monkey-to-jailhouse-rock/

Image: www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-times-milgram-store-loca/2135233/

This is a close up of the shock generator used in the experiment. Each time the "learner" got an answer wrong, the "teac...
11/12/2025

This is a close up of the shock generator used in the experiment. Each time the "learner" got an answer wrong, the "teacher" was required to flip a switch and administer an increasing shock. Could YOU say 'no'? What if you were being paid $4.50?

For more on Stanley Milgram's shock experiment, see Episode 83: "Obedience and Authority: From Shock the Monkey to Jailhouse Rock" - intro2anthro.podbean.com/e/episode-83-obedience-and-authority-from-shock-the-monkey-to-jailhouse-rock/

Image: www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html

Stanley Milgram poses with his infamous "shock box." I'm not sure, but I think Radio Shack used to sell a kit for these....
11/12/2025

Stanley Milgram poses with his infamous "shock box." I'm not sure, but I think Radio Shack used to sell a kit for these...

To find out more about Milgram's obedience study, see Episode 83 - "Obedience and Authority: From Shock the Monkey to Jailhouse Rock" - intro2anthro.podbean.com/e/episode-83-obedience-and-authority-from-shock-the-monkey-to-jailhouse-rock/ .

Image: intro2anthro.podbean.com/e/episode-83-obedience-and-authority-from-shock-the-monkey-to-jailhouse-rock/

This week The Two Humans discuss two famous (or infamous) psychological experiments: Stanley Milgram's obedience experim...
10/12/2025

This week The Two Humans discuss two famous (or infamous) psychological experiments: Stanley Milgram's obedience experiment and Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Experiment (shown here).

See Episode 83 - Obedience and Authority: From Shock the Monkey to Jailhouse Rock - https://intro2anthro.podbean.com/e/episode-83-obedience-and-authority-from-shock-the-monkey-to-jailhouse-rock/

Image: Philip G. Zimbardo, Inc. via www.cbsnews.com/pictures/shocking-prison-study-40-years-later-what-happened-at-stanford/13/

10/12/2025

You WILL listen to this episode. You WILL enjoy it. The Two Humans discuss Stanley Milgram’s obedience experiment and Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment.
John Lehr
John McCray John Lehr

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