Situational variables affecting obidence

Question 1

Define Obedience

Answer 1

The result of social influence whereby somebody acts in response to a direct order from an authority figure.

Question 2

Milgram (1963)

Answer 2

Conducted one of the most famous and influential psychological investigations of obedience. He wanted to find out if ordinary American citizens would obey an unjust order from an authority figure and inflict pain on another person because they were instructed to.