This is a very interesting article that explains the many reasons why we respond to authority: we fear what is powerful, we were taught to as children, etc.

This is an excellent article that explains why we are so quick to listen to authority and why we don't ever question authority? It explains an example conducted by a newsman and it explains the rule of authority and the three symbols we look for in authority.

This webpage is useful because it explains an experiment performed at Yale university that shows the power of authority. We feel a duty to authority and it is for this reason that we are deferential to authority.

This explains one of the major reasons that we respond to authority. It was the way we were brought up. WE were taught to listen to our parents and teachers no matter what, to listen to adults who were at the time superior, to trust police officers, officials, etc. and this has stayed with us as we grew up and it is for these reasons that we have such a blind trust toward authority figure and the reason that we are deferential to authority.