Milgram's research was criticized as being flawed since subjects in a psychology experiment generally expect to obey the requests of the researcher. Thus, critics thought the results could not be generalized to the real world. Milgram responded to this criticism by
A) admitting his procedure was flawed and his results were not relevant to the real world.
B) admitting his procedure was flawed, but he still believed his results were relevant to the real world.
C) arguing that his research could be generalized to the real world since in the real world people also generally expect to obey the requests of others in positions of authority.
D) arguing that his research could be generalized to the real world since he employed a dependent variable.

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Milgram argued that his research could be generalized to the real world since in the real world people also generally expect to obey the requests of others in positions of authority. While it is true that subjects in a psychology experiment may be more likely to obey the requests of the researcher, Milgram argued that this was not significantly different from the kind of obedience that occurs in real-life situations. Therefore, he believed that his findings were relevant to the real world.

Milgram's Research Was Criticized as Being Flawed Since Subjects in a Psychology