Zimbardo's Experiment on the Effects of Dissonance Arousal on Pain

question 40

Multiple Choice

Zimbardo's experiment on the effects of dissonance arousal on pain, in which subjects received a series of intense electric shocks under different conditions, found that:

• A) subjects felt less pain when they were allowed to deliver the shocks to themselves rather than receiving them from the experimenter
• B) subjects felt more pain when they were allowed to deliver the shocks to themselves rather than receiving them from the experimenter
• C) subjects felt less pain when they volunteered to receive the shocks
• D) subjects felt less pain when they received a large reward for receiving the shocks

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