In Milgram's "Obedience to Authority"study,people Were Asked to Increase the Shocks

question 87

Multiple Choice

In Milgram's "obedience to authority"study,people were asked to increase the shocks they administered in very small increments.This aspect of those experiments increased the total shock that people administered by capitalizing on

• A) the increase in certainty that is produced by informational social influence.
• B) people's fear of authority figures.
• C) the gradually escalating effects of the door-in-the-face technique.
• D) the increasing fear of rejection that results from normative social influence.
• E) the process of self-justification and the reduction of cognitive dissonance.

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