In Stanley Milgram's classic experiment, Obedience to Authority , he discovered that obedience was founded on
A)the firm command of a person with a status that gave minimal authority over a subject recruited to participate in the study.
B)the subject's fear of being punished physically if he or she disobeyed.
C)the subject's dislike of the learner's physical characteristics.
D)the subject's firm belief that learning is enhanced when failure is punished.

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Milgram's experiment revealed that people were willing to obey authority figures even to the extent of causing harm to others, primarily because the authority figure (the experimenter) was perceived to have legitimate power, not because of fear of punishment, dislike of the learner, or beliefs about learning methods.

In Stanley Milgram's Classic Experiment, Obedience to Authority , He