What Ideas Did European Enlightenment Thinkers Hold in Common

question 11

Multiple Choice

What ideas did European Enlightenment thinkers hold in common?

• A) They wanted to improve their societies and search for universal, objective knowledge.
• B) They wanted to encourage European monarchs to rule as enlightened despots.
• C) They wanted men and women to participate as equals in the pursuit of better government.
• D) They wanted to encourage people to become more religious so that they could achieve enlightenment.

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Definitions:

Obedience

The act of following orders or directions from a figure of authority.

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority figures, where participants thought they were administering electric shocks to another person.

Confederate

In psychological experiments, a confederate is an individual who seems to be a participant but is actually in on the experiment, helping the researcher manipulate the situation or observe participants' behaviors.

Obedience Levels

Measures or degrees to which individuals comply with commands, rules, or directives from authority figures.