When Presented with Milgram's Experimental Design, a Group of Experts

question 333

Multiple Choice

When presented with Milgram's experimental design, a group of experts and lay people estimated that approximately 1 percent of the participants would be completely obedient. The results from his study indicated that the percentage of his male and female participants that obeyed the experimenter until the conclusion of the experiment was _______.

• A)10 percent
• B)65 percent
• C)90 percent
• D)50 percent

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Cognitive Theory

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