According to Stanley Milgram, ordinary people will ______ to orders given by someone in a position of power or authority, even if those orders have negative consequences.

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Milgram's famous obedience experiment showed that individuals are likely to conform to authority figures even when it means causing harm or pain to others. The study was a demonstration of the power that authority figures can exert over individuals and the willingness of individuals to obey those in authority. Participants in the study were ordered to administer electric shocks to individuals when they answered questions incorrectly, even though the individuals receiving the shocks were actors with no actual harm being done. Despite this, many participants obeyed the orders of the person in authority and continued to administer shocks beyond what they thought was safe or reasonable.

According to Stanley Milgram, Ordinary People Will ______ to Orders