Truth About Violence, The

Alternative title: How Violent Are You?
Synopsis: What makes ordinary people commit extreme acts of violence? Michael Portillo investigates the darker side of human nature, being driven to the edge of violence in an extreme sleep deprivation study. He meets men for whom violence has become an addiction and watches a replication of one of the most controversial studies in history, the Milgram study. Will study participants be willing to administer a seemingly lethal electric shock to someone they think is an innocent bystander?
Series: Horizon, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2009
Year of production: 2009
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 12/5/2009
Subjects: Psychology
Keywords: aggression; behaviour; behavioural psychology; experimental psychology; violence

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