Suppose You Were a Subject in Milgram's Experiment on Obedience

question 46

Essay

Suppose you were a subject in Milgram's experiment on obedience, but for some reason, you were never debriefed. In other words, you were never told that the other person in the experiment was a confederate who didn't really receive the electric shocks you delivered. Suppose that the next day you ran into the other person at the college coffee shop. All other things being equal, how would you feel about that person if (a) you had gone all the way in delivering shocks to him or her? (b) you had disobeyed the experimenter and refused to continue after delivering only a few mild shocks? Support your answer with relevant research and theory.

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