Puzzled as to How Nazi Soldiers, Who Had Once Been

question 311

Multiple Choice

Puzzled as to how Nazi soldiers, who had once been average citizens, could slaughter six million people in concentration camps, the psychologist who began a provocative series of experiments on obedience was

• A)Stanley Milgram.
• B)Solomon Asch.
• C)B. F. Skinner.
• D)Leon Festinger.

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