Authority Bias
The tendency to attribute greater accuracy and authority to the opinion of an authority figure and be more influenced by that opinion. The 1961 Milgram experiment in 1961 is widely cited as evidence of this bias (though this study has more recently been called into question).
Origin
The bias was dramatically demonstrated by psychologist Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments conducted from July 1961 to May 1962 at Yale University. Milgram, motivated by Adolf Eichmann's trial, tested whether ordinary people would obey authority figures directing them to administer electric shocks to "learners." Despite discomfort, 65% of participants administered maximum shocks when instructed. The experiments revealed "the extreme willingness of adults to go to almost any lengths on the command of an authority," though recent scholarship has questioned aspects of the original methodology and interpretation.