Stanley Milgram conducted studies in which participants were directed by the experimenter to deliver high voltage shocks to a confederate every time the confederate gave the wrong answer on a learning task.This study exemplified which of the following phenomena?

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The study conducted by Stanley Milgram exemplifies obedience wherein the participants were directed to deliver shocks to the confederate on the instructions of the experimenter. The participants obeyed the authority figure despite the harm caused to the confederate.

Stanley Milgram Conducted Studies in Which Participants Were Directed by the Experimenter