Milgram was influenced by Asch's conformity research, but he wanted to take Asch's research a step further and investigate a more important question. What was the question that Milgram wanted to study?

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Milgram wanted to study whether people could be pressured by others into committing an immoral act or taking an action that violated their conscience, such as hurting a stranger. This led to his famous obedience experiments where participants were instructed to administer increasingly painful electric shocks to a stranger, simply because they were told to do so by an authority figure.

Milgram Was Influenced by Asch's Conformity Research, but He Wanted