If people are rude or indifferent to you, you can experience their behavior as an attack on your personality or character. This in- terpretation of their attitude or behavior can make you angry or depressed. Psychologists say that everything we do is to increase our self- esteem and sense of personal value, or to protect it from being di- minished by other people or circumstances. If your self-esteem is not as high as it could be, you will be sensitive to the actions and re- actions of other people toward you.You will take everything person- ally, exactly as if what they said or did was consciously and deliberately directed at you. However, this is seldom the case. The fact is that most people are preoccupied with themselves and their own problems
Haven, Connecticut, however, make it clear that he could save his money and stay close to home. "I found so much obedience," he said, "I hardly saw the need of taking the experiment to Germany." But Americans have no monopoly on the need to obey authority. When Milgram's basic pro- cedure was eventually repeated in Holland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia, and Jordan, the results were similar (see Meeus Il{ Raaijmakers, 1986, for a review). Nor has the passage of decades di- minished the applicability of Milgram's results. A recent study that replicated several of his ex- perimental features found no Significant differences between Milgram's subjects and a modern day sample (Burger, in press). _ _ Chapter 6 AUTHORITY slowed the train, despite being able to see the protesters 600 feet ahead. Although two of the men managed to scramble out of harm's way, Mr. Willson was not quick enough to avoid being struck and having both legs severed below the knee
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