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Obedience to Authority and the Milgram Studies

Social Groups and Group Dynamics

9th Grade·Social Studies·US-FL-SS

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Examine Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments and evaluate the social and situational pressures that lead individuals to obey authoritative figures.

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Social Groups and Group Dynamics

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-FL-SS

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Analyze the characteristics of social groups and evaluate how group processes, conformity, and obedience influence individual judgment and behavior.

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SS.912.S.4.1Florida Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Describe how individuals are affected by the different social groups to which they belong.