Experiment: People willing to shock others if authority figure asks

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 18:49 in Psychology & Sociology

Replicating one of the most controversial behavioral experiments in history, a Santa Clara University psychologist has found that people will follow orders from an authority figure to administer what they believe are painful electric shocks.

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