Some have suggested that the results of Stanley Milgram's obedience study may have been due to the __________ effect.

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The foot-in-the-door effect suggests that people are more likely to comply with a large request if they first agree to a smaller request. In Milgram's study, participants were asked to first administer small shocks, gradually increasing in intensity, before being asked to deliver the most intense shocks. This incremental increase may have been a form of the foot-in-the-door technique, leading participants to comply with the researcher's request for increasingly extreme behavior.

Some Have Suggested That the Results of Stanley Milgram's Obedience