In the Milgram Study, Under Which of the Following Conditions

question 126

Multiple Choice

In the Milgram study, under which of the following conditions were the participants (teachers) most likely to disobey orders from experimenters?

• A) when the participant and the learner were in separate rooms
• B) when two experimenters both encouraged the participant to continue
• C) when the participant worked with a peer who refused to continue the procedure
• D) when the person ordering them to continue was a Ph.D. and wore a lab coat

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Definitions:

Reality

The quality or state of being actual or true and the totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.

Appearance

The way in which someone or something looks or is presented to the senses.

Egocentrically

Thinking solely from one's own viewpoint, often with difficulty in understanding or considering the perspectives of others.

Preoperational Stage

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, where children from about 2 to 7 years old develop memory and imagination.