Practice question · True or false
The more precise lesson of Milgram and Zimbardo is that situational factors influence behavior far more than most people predict in advance, not that resistance is impossible.
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- Is the finding about total determinism, or about underestimating situations?
- The studies show people UNDERESTIMATE situational power, while resistance still occurs.
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True
Why
True. The careful conclusion is that people systematically underestimate how much situations (authority, roles, escalation) shape behavior - not that individual resistance is impossible. This is the corrected reading of these famous studies.
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