What was the motivation behind Stanley Milgram's experimental study of obedience?
A) To understand how self-esteem issues in subjects affect their treatment of others.
B) To develop more effective means to ensure soldiers follow orders.
C) To better understand the deterrence factor of the death penalty.
D) To better understand German involvement in the annihilation of Jews in World War II.

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Milgram's study was motivated by a desire to understand how ordinary people could commit atrocities, as seen in Nazi Germany, by following orders from authority figures.

What Was the Motivation Behind Stanley Milgram's Experimental Study of Obedience