In all likelihood, participants in Milgram's obedience experiments (conducted in the 1960s and 1970s) were willing to administer increasingly severe shocks to a confederate learner

because they were concerned that the experimenter would be disappointed or perhaps even angry with them. Such concerns reflect the power of ________ to induce obedience to authority.
a. informational social influence
b. the reciprocity norm
c. mindless conformity
d. normative social influence


Answer: D

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