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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which social psychologist found that a majority of participants would be willing to shock a complete stranger with high levels of electricity in response to the directions of an experimenter?
A
Freud
B
Milgram
C
Asch
D
Zimbardo
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -During the 1960s, Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of obedience experiments that led to some surprising results. In the study, an authority figure ordered participants to deliver what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to another person.

Detailed explanation-2: -Conducted by social psychologist Solomon Asch of Swarthmore College, the Asch conformity experiments were a series of studies published in the 1950s that demonstrated the power of conformity in groups.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stanley Milgram, (born August 15, 1933, New York City, New York, U.S.-died December 20, 1984, New York City), American social psychologist known for his controversial and groundbreaking experiments on obedience to authority.

Detailed explanation-4: -Solomon Asch (1907-1996) Solomon Asch was a 20th century psychologist best known for his experiments in social conformity, called the Asch Paradigm or Asch Conformity Experiments.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the words of Philip Zimbardo, the social psychologist who devised the study: Our planned two-week investigation into the psychology of prison life had to be ended after only six days because of what the situation was doing to the college students who participated.

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