His small world experiment inspired the concept of "six degrees of separation," and another of his experiments involved an actor claiming to have a heart condition.
This man examined the differences between the mental maps of Parisians and those of New Yorkers. He studied reactions to items labeled for the "Friends of the Nazi Party," and he measured "path lengths" between Sharon, Wichita, and Omaha by looking at the delivery of postcards through intermediaries to a stock broker in Massachusetts. His small world experiment inspired the concept of "six degrees of separation," and another of his experiments involved an actor claiming to have a heart condition. For 10 points, name this psychologist whose namesake experiment saw test subjects instructed to administer painful electric shocks to a "learner."
This man examined the differences between the mental maps of Parisians and those of New Yorkers.
Stanley Milgram