In Milgram's controversial study on obedience, nearly Select an answer 4/5 2/3 3/4 1/3 of the participants were willing to administer what appeared to be lethal electrical shocks to another person because they were told to do so by an authority figure.

Following his initial study, Milgram conducted several experiments on factors that might increase or decrease obedience to authority. In one of these experiments, Milgram showed that participants (that is, "the teachers") were less likely to obey the experimenter's orders if Select an answer they thought the experimenter was responsible for the learner's welfare the experimenter's requests to continue were issued over a telephone they thought the learner would perform better without getting shocked they were put into a sad mood .

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One reason that people are willing to obey persons in authority who order them to engage in destructive behaviors is that:

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What are the potential ethical concerns associated with Milgram's research on obedience?

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