What Hypothesis Did Milgram's Obedience Study Test

question 59

Multiple Choice

What hypothesis did Milgram's obedience study test?

• A)People in a position of authority will seek opportunities to abuse that power.
• B)Normal people will follow orders to hurt someone else.
• C)Threats of punishment increase people's willingness to obey an authority figure.
• D)People with low self-esteem will obey orders more than other people will.

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Definitions:

Psychological Defense Mechanisms

Unconscious distortions of a person’s perception of reality that reduce stress and anxiety.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates between the desires of the id, the values of the super-ego, and the realities of the external world.

Unconscious Efforts

Activities or processes that occur without conscious awareness or control, influencing behaviors and decisions.

Repression

Psychological defense mechanism in which the person refuses to consciously remember a threatening or unacceptable event, instead pushing those events into the unconscious mind.