Milgram's Decision to Study Obedience Was ______

question 82

Multiple Choice

Milgram's decision to study obedience was ______.

• A) the result of seeing friends and colleagues repeatedly succumb to peer pressure
• B) actually made by his graduate school adviser, who ordered him to study it
• C) the outgrowth of observing several industrial scandals involving the abuse of power by managers
• D) rooted in his determination to better understand the Holocaust

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Definitions:

National Industrial Recovery Act

A key piece of legislation passed in 1933 as part of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, aiming to stimulate economic recovery during the Great Depression by regulating industry and promoting fair labor standards.

Construction Industry

Refers to the sector of the economy that focuses on the building and assembling of infrastructure, buildings, and other physical structures.

Wagner Act

The Wagner Act, also known as the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, secured the right of workers to form unions and engage in collective bargaining with employers.