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CLASSIC: When Scientists Hid Under Beds To Spy On Kids

Ridiculous History

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The New Elements of Choice in the Slot Experiment

The person in this situation who appears to be being shocked is actually a colleague of the person telling the participant to push the button. So there's the experimenter, right? And then there's the role you would be playing in the experiment - what they would call the teacher. The thing about it is the voltage of the shocks will increase. They wanted to see how far they would go.

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