... the acts of genocide we have witnesses through history may be part of human social behaviour. Perhaps we should be teaching people to challenge authority where they are placed in such a situation. * The study also has implications for organisations, which require obedience, such as the military. The research implies that leaders should be seen as legitimate authority figures, and that they should position themselves as close to their soldiers as possible, with support from other compliant soldiers. What methods have been used to investigate obedience/human social behaviour? * The original study was a lab based experiment * The conditions were standardised for all the subjects as Mr Wallace's reactions to the shocks were taped, and the authority figure responded in a set way at each new prompt. * The IV was the presence of the authority figure and the DV was the obedience rate. The experimenters used a deception ...

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