British novelist C. P. Snow said, "When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find that far more . . . crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion." Snow's statement is _____ by the research of _____.

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Answer:

supported; Stanley Milgram          

Explanation:

Stanley Milgram: Stanley Milgram was a psychologist and he has conducted an experiment in social psychology on obedience towards authority figures at Yale University.

In his experiment, he was giving electric shock to the participants due to which they started believing that they were aiding in an unrelated experiment.In day to day life, a person obeys commands because he or she desires to get rewards and avoid negative consequences of not listening to commands and the person thinks that the authority figure is legitimate. Stanley Milgram's experiment is often considered as important because it provides the reference of real-life events of destructive obedience.

In the question above, Snow's statement is supported by the research of Stanley Milgram.