At a busy hospital, a senior consultant, Dr Sterling, stands directly next to a newly qualified nurse, Chloe, and instructs her to administer a double dose of a highly regulated sedative to a patient. Dr Sterling is wearing a formal consultant's coat and a stethoscope. Although Chloe is concerned about the safety of the dose, she immediately prepares and administers the medication without question.
Discuss Latané's social impact theory as an explanation of obedience. Refer to Chloe's behaviour in your answer.
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