When Milgram and his team set up several variations of his original study,they found that people were more likely to disobey when
A)the learner was in an adjoining room so the "teacher" heard every sound the victim made.
B)two experimenters had conflicting demands about the continuation of the experiment.
C)the person ordering them to continue was a Ph.D.and wore a lab coat.
D)the subject worked with peers who agreed to continue the procedure.

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In the variation where two experimenters had conflicting demands about the continuation of the experiment, participants were more likely to disobey because they were unsure of which authority figure to follow. The presence of conflicting demands creates ambiguity and reduces the legitimacy of the authority figure's demands, leading to increased disobedience.

When Milgram and His Team Set Up Several Variations of His