In All Likelihood,participants in Stanley Milgram's Obedience Experiments (Conducted in the 1960s

question 82

Multiple Choice

In all likelihood,participants in Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments (conducted in the 1960s and 1970s) were willing to administer increasingly severe shocks to a confederate learner because they were concerned that the experimenter would be disappointed or perhaps even angry with them.Such concerns reflect the power of ________ to induce obedience to authority.

• A)informational social influence
• B)the reciprocity norm
• C)mindless conformity
• D)normative social influence

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Definitions:

Mania

A mental state characterized by an excessively elevated mood, energy levels, and activity, often associated with bipolar disorder.

Grandiosity

An exaggerated sense of one's importance, power, knowledge, or identity, often found in personality disorders or manic episodes.

Flight of Ideas

A symptom often seen in manic episodes where an individual's thoughts rapidly and frequently change topics in a disconnected, fragmented manner.

Cultural Bias

The tendency to interpret and judge phenomena by standards inherent to one's own culture.