REF: Psychological study on authority from 60s

[Sandra Parks <sparks@rica.net>]

I have a teacher who needs more information on a
psychological/behavioral study done in the 60s in which subjects were
told to administer electric shocks when someone got an answer wrong.
Apparently this was done to illustrate the role of authority figures
because the people continued to administer the electric shocks.

Does anyone have a name we can put to this study or any further
information?

Thanks
--
Sandra Parks
Harrisonburg High School
395 S. High St.
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
sparks@rica.net

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