How Can Stanley Milgram's Experiment Help Us Better Understand Modern

question 56

Multiple Choice

How can Stanley Milgram's experiment help us better understand modern atrocities such as the Holocaust?

• A) Bureaucracy makes it difficult for people to dissent.
• B) Transformative leaders encourage atrocities to occur.
• C) People who commit atrocious acts view themselves as "just following orders."
• D) Everyday people are regularly subject to groupthink.

---

Definitions:

Idiosyncratic Deals

Customized work arrangements negotiated between an employee and employer to cater to specific individual needs or skills.

Disrupting

The act of causing a disturbance or interruption in a process, event, or situation.

Sense of Fairness

An individual's perception of the equity or justice of a situation, affecting their satisfaction with outcomes.

Calculus-Based Trust

Trust built on the expectation that others will act predictably based on past interactions.