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In the yale experiment, the people inflicting the painful shocks thought the electricity was real, too. that didn't stop two-thirds of them from giving the maximum shock available, 400 volts. >> most people will in fact act in this horrendous way and press the shock levers that they think is delivering very dangerous, if not, lethal electric shocks to another person. the moral there is not that people are horrible or that we're brutal or sadistic individuals, the lesson is, really that in certain circumstances in the right situation, the average, typical, well-adjusted person will act in these...

Available, 400 volts. >> most people will in fact act in this horrendous way and press the shock lever that they think are delivering very dangerous if not lethal electric shocks to another person. the moral there is not that people are brutal or saddistic individuals, it's that the that the average typical person will act in these ways. >> reporter: one added element in the french game showcase, contestants had to sign a contract agreeing to obey orders, for them there was no turning back. randy kay, cnn, new york. >> so why would an average person be willing to inflict so much obvious pain o...

That didn't stop two-thirds of them from giving the maximum shock available, 400 volts. >> most people will in fact act in this horrendous way and press the shock levers they think are delivering very dangerous if not lethal electric shocks to another person. the moral there is not that people are brutal or sadistic individuals, the lesson is really that in certain circumstances, in the right situation, the average typical well-adjusted person will act in these horrendous ways. >> reporter: one added element in the french game showcase, contestants had to sign a contract agreeing to obey order...

Experiment from yale back in the 1960s. the people inflicting the painful shocks thought the electricity was real too, that didn't stop two thirds of them from giving the maximum shock available, 400 volts. >> most people will in fact act in this horrendous way and press the shock lever that they think are delivering very dangerous if not lethal electric shocks to another person. the moral there is not that people are brutal or sadistic individuals, the lesson is really that in certain circumstances, the right situation, the average, typical, well-adjusted person will act in these horrendous w...

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