In the famous Milgram obedience studies, researchers found

A) people will not conform when they believe their behavior will harm another person.
B) women are less likely to engage in behavior that is potentially harmful for others than men are.
C) there is a significant difference between what people believe they will do and how they actually behave.
D) people conform only up to a certain point but will not violate moral or ethical standards.

The Milgram obedience studies famously demonstrated that there is often a significant gap between what people predict they will do in a hypothetical situation involving harm to others and their actual behavior when placed in such a situation. Participants were willing to administer what they believed were painful electric shocks to another person under the authority's direction, showing a high level of obedience even when it conflicted with their personal moral beliefs.