Authority
The Milgram experiment ran by Stanley Milgram provided some of the most stunning insights into how influential authority can be over others.
People often act in an automated fashion to commands from authority, even if their instincts suggest the commands should not be followed.
Read more about this topic: Influence: Science And Practice
Famous quotes containing the word authority:
“There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“Destiny. A tyrant’s authority for crime and a fool’s excuse for failure.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
“The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizens’ skin.”
—Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)