William is a police officer who is instructed by a superior officer to beat a subject in order to obtain a confession.According to research done on obedience,William is more likely to disobey this order if
A)the superior officer is in the room with William and the suspect.
B)another senior officer agrees that William should beat the subject.
C)the suspect asks William to stop.
D)William sees another police officer refuse to continue beating the subject.

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According to research on obedience, individuals are more likely to disobey immoral or unethical orders when they see others refusing to comply. Thus, if William witnesses another police officer refusing to continue beating the suspect, he may feel empowered to also refuse the order. None of the other options are likely to increase William's disobedience to the order. In fact, the presence of the superior officer or agreement from another senior officer may increase William's obedience to the order, and the suspect asking him to stop may not be enough to overcome his obedience to authority.

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