Milgram Considered the Development of a Shared Social Identity as an Explanation

question 27

Multiple Choice

Milgram considered the development of a shared social identity as an explanation of his obedience experiment results. What question did this raise?

• A) what is going on here?
• B) whose team are you on?
• C) who is responsible?
• D) who has the true authority?
• E) who is asking these questions?

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Definitions:

Behavior Modification

A therapeutic approach that seeks to change undesirable behaviors through the systematic application of the principles of learning.

Cognitive Therapy

Therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking and acting; based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions.

Behavior Modification

A form of psychotherapy that uses basic learning techniques to change maladaptive behaviors to more desirable ones.

Anxiety-arousing

Stimuli or situations that evoke feelings of fear, apprehension, or nervousness in individuals.