Question

In all likelihood, participants in Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments were willing to administer increasingly severe shocks to a confederate learner because they were concerned that the experimenter would be disappointed or perhaps even angry with them and because they felt obligated to obey having voluntarily agreed to participate. Such concerns reflect the power of ______ to induce obedience to authority.

Answer 1

Normative Social Influence

Step-by-step explanation:

Normative social influence: In psychology, the term "normative social influence" is described as one of the different types of social influences that often leads to conformity. However, it is referred to as a phenomenon in which an individual in being influenced by someone else that results in conforming in order to be accepted or liked by the other person.

Example: Peer pressure.

In the question above, the given statement signifies "normative social influence".