In 1961,Stanley Milgram devised an experiment to measure:
A) people's individual biological characteristics.
B) how far ordinary people would go in obeying an authority figure.
C) intelligence.
D) social acceptance of people from different races.

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Stanley Milgram's experiment was designed to measure how far ordinary people would go in obeying an authority figure. Participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to a "learner" (who was actually a confederate) every time they answered a question incorrectly. The shocks increased in voltage with each incorrect answer, and the experiment aimed to see if participants would continue administering shocks even as the learner expressed extreme pain and begged for the experiment to stop.

In 1961,Stanley Milgram Devised an Experiment to Measure