Research has confirmed that the reason why teachers obeyed the experimenter and delivered what they believed were potentially lethal shocks to completely innocent learners was because of:

A. the actor–observer effect.
B. the fear of punishment.
C. normative influence.
D. systematic persuasion.


Answer: C. normative influence.

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