In Milgram's follow-up experiments, he tried various ways to reduce obedience. Describe each strategy and how effective it was in reducing obedience

What will be an ideal response?

Answer will include that in the original experiment of Milgram's, 65 percent of the subjects obeyed completely by going all the way to the 450-volt level. Reducing the prestige of the authority by moving the experiment from Yale to a shabby office building in nearby Bridgeport, Connecticut only reduced the percentage to 48 percent, a minor reduction. Milgram did find that the distance between the teacher and the learner was important. When the teachers were in the same room as the learner, only 40 percent obeyed fully. When the teachers were face-to-face with the learner and were required to force the learner's hand down on a simulated "shock plate," only 30 percent obeyed. Distance from the authority (the experimenter Milgram) also had an effect. When the experimenter gave the order over the phone, only 22 percent of the teachers obeyed. Milgram found that group support can greatly reduce destructive obedience. When real subject "teachers" saw two other "teachers"

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