Describe Stanley Milgram’s experiment involving obedience to authority. What significant conclusions about social influence does his research illustrate?

What will be an ideal response?


Milgram’s experiment on conformity was performed in several countries. Within the experiment the research subject was given orders to push a button that delivered an electric shock to another person. Despite the tortured reactions of the victims, 65% of the subjects complied with the experimenter’s demands and proceeded to give the maximum electric shock.

Sociology

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From the ________ perspective, by paying low wages to illegal immigrants, employers are able to produce goods and services that are profitable for industry and affordable to consumers

a. conflict b. labeling c. pluralist d. functionalist

Sociology

List and discuss four suggestions to build effective communication

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Groups whose members are not very strongly attached to one another are said to lack cohesion

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

The transition offenders make from prison or jail to the community is known as ________.

A. certification B. manumit C. conversion D. reentry

Sociology