When Milgram and His Team Set Up Several Variations of His

question 250

Multiple Choice

When Milgram and his team set up several variations of his original study, they found that people were more likely to disobey under all of the following circumstances EXCEPT when:

• A) the subject worked with peers who refused to go further in the procedure.
• B) the victim was in an adjoining room so the "teacher" heard every sound the victim made.
• C) the person ordering them to continue was an ordinary man, apparently another volunteer.
• D) two experimenters had conflicting demands about the continuation of the experiment.

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Operant-Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging the subject to associate certain behaviors with specific consequences.