<span>Milgram's obedience study was performed in 1963. People in the study asked another person (and actor sitting behind a screen) a memory question. If the actor answered incorrectly, the study participant was told to administer dangerous electrical shocks to the actor. The study participants felt bad about administering the shocks, and did not know the person behind the screen was an actor. The study participants still continued to administer the shocks when directed by a man in a white coat. This study was used to show how easy it was for people to participate in killing people in the holocaust.</span>
Adulthood is generally connected with taking up full status in the public eye. The statement that best depicts the marker for the move into adulthood for most Western social orders is that it is approximately characterized and can comprise any number of occasions.