Vasily Participated in a Replication of Milgram's Original Obedience Experiment

question 222

Multiple Choice

Vasily participated in a replication of Milgram's original obedience experiment. Like the other "teachers" in the Milgram experiments, as Vasily became more emotionally aroused, his emotions interfered with clear thinking. When this happened, the __________ factor tended to increase the likelihood of obedience.

• A)buffer
• B)perception of legitimate authority
• C)lack of social comparison
• D)inaccessibility of values

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped distribution that is symmetrical about the mean, describing how the values of a variable are spread or distributed.

Mean

A statistical measure representing the central or typical value in a set of data, often understood as the common "average".

Normally Distributed

A type of distribution in which the data points are symmetrically distributed around the mean, forming a bell-shaped curve.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability within a set of numerical data, indicating how much individual data points differ from the mean.