When Stanley Milgram Polled a Group of Psychiatrists Before His

question 84

True/False

When Stanley Milgram polled a group of psychiatrists before his obedience experiments were conducted, the psychiatrists predicted that less than one percent of those tested would obey when, in reality, 65 percent obeyed completely by going all the way to the 450-volt level.

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