http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8573755.stm
Only 16 of 80 participants stopped before the lethal shock. The original study had a 65% compliance rate, compared with 80% on this show. Not a huge jump, but it does make you wonder how much a game show environment and reality TV will change behavior.
On the plus side, most participants in the original experiment reported they were glad to have done so, since it made them more aware when they were submitting to authority, versus acting of their own. Hopefully the very public broadcast of this will make even more people aware of the potential for abuse.
Only 16 of 80 participants stopped before the lethal shock. The original study had a 65% compliance rate, compared with 80% on this show. Not a huge jump, but it does make you wonder how much a game show environment and reality TV will change behavior.
On the plus side, most participants in the original experiment reported they were glad to have done so, since it made them more aware when they were submitting to authority, versus acting of their own. Hopefully the very public broadcast of this will make even more people aware of the potential for abuse.
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