When Milgram Conducted His First Series of Experiments with a Sample

question 116

Multiple Choice

When Milgram conducted his first series of experiments with a sample of 20 to 50-year-old men,he found that over 65 percent of them

• A)refused to deliver shocks beyond 150 volts.
• B)refused to deliver shocks past the 300-volt level.
• C)went all the way to 450 volts.
• D)asked to be released from the experiment by 135 volts.

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