SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE
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Question
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people are naturally predisposed to be hostile and aggressive.
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even ordinary people, who are not usually hostile, can become agents of destruction.
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the desire to be accepted by others is one of the strongest human motives.
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people value their freedom and react negatively when they feel they are being coerced to do something.
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we are most likely to conform to the opinions of others when faced with a unanimous opinion.
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to Milgram, the most fundamental lesson to be learned from his study of obedience is that people value their personal freedom and react negatively when they feel they are being coerced to do something. the desire to be accepted by others is one of the strongest human motives.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the study, an authority figure ordered participants to deliver what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to another person. These results suggested that people are highly influenced by authority, and highly obedient.
Detailed explanation-3: -“The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.” “Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process.