Which of the Following Statements Is Untrue? the Milgram Obedience

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is untrue? The Milgram Obedience study

• A)came about because Milgram wanted to learn how ordinary people could have carried out the horrors of the Holocaust under the Nazis.
• B)was an experiment that used electrical shocks that were supposedly administered to pupils.
• C)is an example of a study that used deception.
• D)is held up as the most ethical experiment ever conducted.

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Student T Distribution

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F Table

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