Most psychologists believe that Milgram demonstrated a basic truth about human behavior-that
A. people will do things in groups that they will not do alone.
B. people have an instinctive biological urge for aggression.
C. under certain circumstances human beings are capable of brutal acts toward other humans.
D. most people will blindly follow inhumane orders from their leaders.
Answer: C
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