It is likely that participants in Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments (conducted in the 1960s and 1970s) were willing to administer increasingly severe shocks to a confederate learner because when confronted with a confusing,
unfamiliar, and upsetting situation, they would turn to the experimenter for cues as to how to proceed. This speculation in essence identifies ________ as a source of participants' destructive obedience.
a. social norms
b. normative social influence
c. informational social influence
d. latent sadism
Answer: C
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A. 54% B. 68.26% C. 95.44% D. 99.9%
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a. autonomy. b. trust. c. imitation. d. language.
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a. the amount of testosterone during prenatal development b. the amount of estrogens during prenatal development c. the difference (subtraction) between testosterone and estrogen levels in prenatal development d. the ratio (division) between testosterone and estrogen levels in prenatal development
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)