Pretend That You Are a Participant in Milgram's Study,and You

question 63

Multiple Choice

Pretend that you are a participant in Milgram's study,and you are asked how likely you are to obey the experimenter's commands.You think you would not administer much shock,but there is over a 60% chance that you would

• A)go all the way to 450 volts,when the learner is no longer responding.
• B)administer up to 300 volts,when the learner screams his refusals to answer.
• C)administer up to 270 volts,when the learner starts to scream in agony.
• D)administer up to 120 volts,when the learner first shouts the shocks are painful.

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