The tendency to do what authorities tell us to do simply because they tell us to do it is known as:

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Obedience refers to following the orders or instructions of someone in authority, even if it goes against personal beliefs or values. This was famously demonstrated in the Milgram obedience experiments, where participants were instructed to administer increasingly high levels of electrical shock to another individual just because an authority figure told them to do so.

The Tendency to Do What Authorities Tell Us to Do