Which of These Activities Will Most Likely Result in an External

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which of these activities will most likely result in an external benefit?

• A) A college student buys a deck of cards to play solitaire in her dorm room.
• B) An elderly woman plants a flower garden on the vacant lot next to her house.
• C) An executive purchases a book to read on a business trip.
• D) A ten-year-old uses his allowance to buy new Nike shoes.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

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

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.