According to Stanley Milgram's obedience experiment, why did participants continue to administer electric shocks to a confederate, despite their pleas for mercy?

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According to Stanley Milgram's obedience experiment, why did participants continue to administer electric shocks to a confederate, despite their pleas for mercy?

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LuzGerste41 · Answer 1 · 2025-01-20T09:38:17+0000

Participants continued to obey the experimenter's authority figure, even when it went against their own personal morality, due to the role of obedience in social influence.

According to Stanley Milgram's obedience experiment, why did participants continue to administer electric shocks to a confederate, despite their pleas for mercy?

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