Stanley Milgram's experiment in which a "teacher" gave shocks to a "learner" was designed to test the limits of "teacher's" obedience to an authority.

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Stanley Milgram's experiment was aimed at studying the willingness of participants to obey an authority figure even when it involved inflicting pain on another individual. The "teacher" was instructed by the "experimenter" to administer shocks of increasing intensity to the "learner" for every wrong answer given, even when the "learner" begged for mercy or became unresponsive. The experiment revealed that a majority of participants were willing to continue up until the highest level of shock, indicating a disturbing level of obedience to authority.

Stanley Milgram's Experiment in Which a "Teacher" Gave Shocks to a "Learner