Why do so many people obey when they feel forced? Social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment to discover the effect of authority on obedience. He concluded that people obey either out of fear or a desire to cooperate with authority, even when they act against their own judgment and desires. Milgram's experience illustrates people's reluctance to confront those who abuse power. The goal of the experiment was to see how far a person would go in a concrete, measurable situation in which they are ordered to inflict increasing pain on a protesting victim, to what extent the subject would refuse to obey the experimenter. One of the main questions of the experiment was to what extent the participant would comply with the experimenter's instructions before refusing to perform the actions requested of him?2. In the experiment, participants were told that they were involved in a learning experiment, that they had to administer electric shocks, and that they had to continue until the end of the experiment. Participants may receive a small amount of money, four dollars and fifty cents, as a benefit. Three roles were involved, participants played the role of the teachers actually studied; an investigator executed the students who would be punished with electric shocks; another investigator played the strict role of giving orders when participants wanted to give up. During the experiment, each time the “student” made a mistake, the participant was ordered to administer increasingly stronger electric shocks. In fact, the participants did not deliver electric shocks. The student was kept out of sight of the participants, who therefore thought they were harming him. And they were told that towards the end of...... middle of paper......obedience through authority, duty, even culture sometimes. People are afraid to contradict the orders of leaders, because they are afraid of taking responsibility for the outcome, such as paying compensation or being fired. To take my friend's example, she was limited by the culture and society of my country. Additionally, I reflect on the education system in my country. Most Chinese students have to learn this knowledge from teachers and parents. It's true. However, the fact is that it is difficult for students to doubt the things they learn. For example, after studying in America, I realized that there were a lot of mistakes in the English I learned in college. This error still exists in the formal college textbook, which my brother is learning. He told me he had to learn this way because he wouldn't get grades if he answered the questions correctly..