To Get Subjects to Continue Increasing the Level of Shock

question 48

Multiple Choice

To get subjects to continue increasing the level of shock in the Milgram study, the experimenters

• A) stated, "You have no choice, you must go on."
• B) told the subjects that the other person wasn't really being shocked.
• C) threatened to shock the subjects for failure to comply.
• D) threatened not to pay the subjects if they didn'tcrease the level of shock.

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