SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE
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Question
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the “learners” made so few learning errors under stressful circumstances.
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the “teachers” actually enjoyed shocking another person.
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the “teachers” were more obedient than most people would have predicted.
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the “learners” obediently accepted painful shocks without any protest.
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the “teachers” so often refused to administer shocks.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most people are likely to be surprised by the results of Milgram’s initial obedience experiment because: the “teachers” were more obedient than most people would have predicted.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -Factors That Increase Obedience Milgram found that subjects were more likely to obey in some circumstances than others. Obedience was highest when: Commands were given by an authority figure rather than another volunteer. The experiments were done at a prestigious institution.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Milgram experiment is a famous psychological study exploring the willingness of individuals to follow the orders of authorities when those orders conflict with the individual’s own moral judgment.