Question

In a famous series of experiments conducted at Yale University, ____ studied the conditions under which people forsake the universally shared moral injunction against doing harm to another person in order to obey the instruction of someone in a position of authority.

a) Stanley Milgram
b) Philip Zimbardo
c) B.F. Skinner
d) Albert Bandura

Answer 1

Stanley Milgram conducted experiments at Yale University to study the willingness of individuals to forsake the moral injunction against doing harm in order to obey authority figures.

Step-by-step explanation:

Stanley Milgram conducted the famous series of experiments at Yale University which studied the conditions under which people forsake the universally shared moral injunction against doing harm to another person in order to obey the instruction of someone in a position of authority. In his experiment, participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to others who gave incorrect answers to word-pair questions, even if they were concerned about causing harm. The experiment aimed to measure the willingness of individuals to obey authority figures, even if it conflicted with their personal conscience.