Question

​Of the following important figures in the history of social psychology, who most explicitly emphasized the importance of making important practical contributions to society?

Answer 1

I think Stanley Milligram has played a good role in letting society know about how much are the people obedient to follow that chief, to what extent do they forget their moral thinking.

In his experiment he there was a experimenter who told teacher to give electric shock to student. The teacher kept on following instructions even when the current was high.He didn't questioned Experimenter.

It gave people food for thoughts such as how much importance is given to authority?People are even ready to do non sensical things. People should learn to resist to follow any orders. it was noted that obedience is the path of least resistance and least thinking. Obedience is easy. It has also opened the doors of people such as teach and encourage people to think independently, be careful in assigning authority in command, understand how obedience may reduce effectiveness (http://healthyinfluence.com/wordpress/steves-primer-of-practical-persuasion-3-0/doing/obedience/)