What Factor(s) Increased the Number of Participants in Milgram's Obedience

question 24

Multiple Choice

What factor(s) increased the number of participants in Milgram's obedience research who were willing to administer dangerous shocks to a victim?

• A) having the experimenter physically absent from the laboratory
• B) increasing the physical distance between the 'learner' and the 'teacher'
• C) making the authority figure responsible for the participants' actions
• D) both a and b
• E) both b and c

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Definitions:

Electrical Impulses

Signals that travel along nerve cells and are essential for the functioning of the nervous system and muscular contractions.

Graphic Pattern

A visual motif or design repeated in a predictable manner, often used in artwork, textiles, and digital graphics.

ECG Strip

A graphical representation of the heart's electrical activity as recorded during an Electrocardiogram (ECG) test.

Artifact

Any irrelevant object or mark observed when examining specimens or graphic records that is not related to the object being examined—for example, a foreign object visible through a microscope or an erroneous mark on an ECG strip.