Milgram Surveyed Both a Panel of Yale Undergraduates and a Panel

question 124

Multiple Choice

Milgram surveyed both a panel of Yale undergraduates and a panel of psychology professors before he conducted his original experiment.In these surveys, he found that

• A) most people predicted that less than 1 percent of participants would go to 450 volts.
• B) most people predicted that less than 10 percent of the participants would go to 450 volts.
• C) most people predicted that a majority of participants would go to 450 volts.
• D) students underestimated the percentage who would go all the way to 450 volts, while professors' estimates were fairly accurate.

Identify how supply and demand curves represent the labor market and understand the shifts in these curves.

Understand the principle of marginal productivity and its implications for resource use and firm profitability.

Analyze the impact of changes in good demand on the demand for resources used in production.

Understand the implications of production functions on output and marginal product.

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