In the first of these experiments conducted at the University of Kansas, 72 female subjects were made to watch a confederate receiving electrical shocks under a variety of conditions.
これらの最初の実験はカンザス大学で行われ、72人の女性被験者は、共同被験者（実はサクラ）が様々な条件下で電気ショックを受ける様子を見せられた。