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Define the following terms: home rule


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Milgram's Obedience Study

An experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study the extent to which individuals would follow orders from an authority figure, even when those orders could harm another person.

Serious Harm

A significant or profound negative impact on an individual's physical, emotional, or psychological well-being.

Authority

A right or power assigned to an individual or organization to make decisions and enforce rules.

Confirmation Bias

Confirmation bias describes the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while giving disproportionately less consideration to alternative possibilities.

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