In the Original Milgram Experiment, the Experimenter Asked Participants to Shock

question 60

Multiple Choice

In the original Milgram experiment, the experimenter asked participants to shock someone else whenever that person made a mistake on a learning task. The results of this experiment showed that people

• A) learned better when they were punished.
• B) did not experience distress when other people were in pain.
• C) were unwilling to advance science if it meant hurting someone else.
• D) were willing to inflict pain on strangers.