Milgram's obedience research demonstrated that a sample of ordinary Americans was willing to deliver dangerous levels of shock because

A) they were jealous of the victim.
B) an authority told them to do so.
C) they lacked empathy.
D) they lived in hardened urban areas of the country.


Answer: B

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