In a famous social psychological experiment, participants were led to believe they were to deliver electric shocks of increasing potency to a "learner" for a memorization task

Participants were encouraged to continue even though the learner was clearly in pain, and most participants, in fact, did continue shocking the learner. What famous study is this describing?
a. Asch line studies
b. Milgram's studies of obedience
c. Shultz' study of injunctive norms
d. Moscovici's studies of minority influence


Answer: B

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