According to the authors of your text, once participants in Milgram's studies delivered the first shock to the learner, this created internal pressure to obey. This dissonance made it more difficult later for participants to
a. draw the line as to what exactly was too strong of a shock.
b. continue conforming to the norms.
c. continue to obey authority.
d. listen to the cries of pain from the learner.
Question 2
Execution teams who work at prisons tend to deny personal responsibility for the executions and state that they are just following orders. Such justifications for taking a human life illustrate that when people obey authority they can
a. internally justify their actions.
b. externally justify their actions.
c. control the situation psychologically.
d. influence others to do so as well.
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