A Student Learns About the Results of Milgram's Study of Obedience

question 60

True/False

A student learns about the results of Milgram's study of obedience and says,"Those participants were so cruel! I'm not cruel,so I would never deliver shocks to another person." This student is committing the fundamental attribution error.

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Definitions:

Trigeminal

Pertaining to the trigeminal nerve, the fifth cranial nerve responsible for sensation in the face and motor functions such as biting and chewing.

Cranial Nerve

One of the twelve nerves that originate in the brain and control sensory and motor functions of the head and neck.

Apical Pulse

The heartbeat as heard with a stethoscope placed on the chest wall at the apex of the heart.

Carotid Bruits

Abnormal sounds heard over the carotid arteries typically due to turbulent blood flow indicating arterial narrowing or disease.