Rennae agrees to take part in an experiment at the psychology department at her university. However, when she is asked to engage in behaviour that she believes would be harmful to another person in the study, she refuses. She bases her decision on familiarity with existing research. Whose research is it likely to be?
A) Watson and Crick
B) Granovetter
C) Milgram
D) Kanter

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Milgram's research on obedience, where participants were asked to administer electric shocks to another person, is likely what Rennae is recalling. This study highlighted the extent to which individuals are willing to follow orders from an authority figure, even when it involves harming another person.

Rennae Agrees to Take Part in an Experiment at the Psychology