Author Question: It is likely that participants in Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments (conducted in the 1960s ... (Read 82 times)

jazziefee · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

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

Question 2

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.