ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we intend to examine the conditions of appropriation, by individuals, of scientifi c knowledge opposing theories of common sense and the process of anchoring this knowledge in their systems of representations. We will focus our interest on the way in which students integrate knowledge taught in social psychology. The idea is to analyze the reception of Milgram’s famous experiment on obedience to authority (Milgram, 1974), an experiment which, as we know, tends to challenge the representation of the individual (free, responsible, and human) commonly conveyed in our society.
