Milgram Experiment

In  1961, Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was placed on trial for his role during the Holocaust.  Eichmann's defense, like many other Nazis was that he was simply following orders.
    Yale Psychologist Stanley Milgram developed an intricate test called "The Behavioral Study of Obedience" to test how far people would obey authority.  His experiments were conducted in New Haven Connecticut under the guise that this was was study on learning habits and not obedience.  Milgram's experiments shocked the scientific community and helped inspire other scientists to continue to study obedience and conformity.

Milgram's Experiment

Updated version of Milgram's Experiment from the BBC.