PSYC-1105EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Milgram Experiment, Petri Dish, Lightning
28 Feb 2017
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Killed multiple animals to prove that ac (alternating current) is dangerous, and inform people that tesla was dumb and they should be using edison"s electricity. Thomas edison was a dc guy (direct current), and he wanted that to be the standard. August 1st, 1962, exp carried out to determine if strong hallucinogens (lsd) could induce a type of elephant madness (musth) Shot an elephant with 300mg of lsd and observed the behaviour however, shot him with far too much and ended up killing him. Wondered if laughter was a normal response to being tickled . He ordered that no one laugh as he tickled his newborn son and even donned a mask to hide his reactions during these sessions. Of course, the baby laughed even when the ticklers wore balaclavas. To prove that typhoid fever was not contagious, stubbins ate people"s vomit and did not get sick.
