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Controversy of the Milgram Obedience Experiment

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Why was Stanley Milgram's research on obedience to authority considered highly controversial?
A

Participants received excessive financial compensation for their involvement in the study.

B

Participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to other individuals.

C

One of the individuals receiving the shocks suffered a fatal heart attack.

D

Stanley Milgram was not a legitimate scientist, but rather a sadist.

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