Essentials of Sociology (12th Edition)
Essentials of Sociology (12th Edition)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134205588
Author: James M. Henslin
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 2FYC-156
Summary Introduction

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While the Milgram experiment focused on our inability to resist authority when directed to administer “shock treatments” to others for incorrect answers, the Asch experiment proved we conform to peer pressure, by demonstrating that respondents would give answers they knew were incorrect in order to conform to the group.

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