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jazziefee

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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

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Based on your text, which of the following is the best example of obedience to authority based on normative social influence?
 
  a. A bank teller gives a robber all of her money after he puts a gun in her face.
  b. A teacher threatens to take away recess privileges unless her class behaves better.
  c. A parent tells his child to eat her peas or Daddy will be mad at you.
  d. A police officer gives directions to an African-American couple that is lost.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

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Answer: C




jazziefee

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
:D TYSM


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Gracias!

 

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