What circumstance increases the likelihood that someone will obey an authority?
a) the authority figure is absent
b) the command is not life threatening
c) the authority figure assumes responsibility for the outcome
d) close proximity to the target of the behavior
C
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Joy, whose parents moved to the United States from China, is shy, soft-spoken, and reticent. It is likely that her parents
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