Follow-up studies to Stanley Milgram's research have...

Follow-up studies to Stanley Milgram's research have suggested that a teacher's willingness to deliver potentially lethal shocks may be more a product of ________ than of obedience.
a. conformity
b. compliance
c. social identity
d. deindividuation

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Social Identity

Social identity refers to the part of an individual’s self-concept derived from their perceived membership in a social group. In social psychology, this concept explains how people adopt behaviors, norms, and attitudes that align with the group with which they identify, which can influence their actions in ways that may appear as obedience to authority but are actually rooted in the desire to maintain group membership and cohesiveness.

Obedience

Obedience is the act of following commands or orders from an authority figure, often without question. In classic social psychological studies, including those originally conducted by Milgram, obedience has been emphasized as a key factor in understanding how ordinary individuals can engage in harmful actions. However, follow-up research suggests that what appears to be merely obedience may also be closely tied to underlying social identity dynamics, where individuals act in accordance with group expectations.

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