Milgram examined other explanations for obedience and was able to manipulate the independent variables such as the amount of feedback and proximity from the learner to the teacher, and the physical proximity and prestige of the experimenter. Milgram was not only trying to replicate his original findings, but he was also trying to demonstrate which of the other principles of scientific thinking?

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Milgram was trying to rule out rival hypotheses, or alternative explanations for his original findings. By manipulating independent variables, he aimed to show that the obedience he observed was not due to factors such as feedback or proximity, but rather to the authority of the experimenter.

Milgram Examined Other Explanations for Obedience and Was Able to Manipulate