In one of his experiments, Milgram had two actors portray "teachers" resisting orders and walking out of the experiment in front of the other "teachers" who were real subjects. Milgram found that when the real subjects viewed this resistance to an authority, they were more likely to
a. side with the authority and still obey the authority.
b. rebuke the resisters for their behavior.
c. disobey the authority.
d. still obey the authority, but only if the authority has higher status than the resistor.
C
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