AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Social psychologist Stanley Milgram researched the effect of authority on obedience. He concluded people obey either out of fear or out of a desire to appear cooperative–even when acting against their own better judgment and desires.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The correct answer is A. Subjects would be least likely to obey if the experimenters were students, absent from the room and if subjects had to physically touch the learner to shock them. The subjects would be more likely to obey an authority figure rather than a student.

Detailed explanation-3: -Agency theory says that people will obey an authority when they believe that the authority will take responsibility for the consequences of their actions. This is supported by some aspects of Milgram’s evidence.

Detailed explanation-4: -What reactions did the teachers have? Milgram’s subjects (the teachers) showed great distress as they went up toward the higher voltage levels and reached the 150 volt point, where the learner in the next room began to complain. But most continued to obey.