In One of His Experiments, Milgram Had Two Actors Portray

question 328

Multiple Choice

In one of his experiments, Milgram had two actors portray "teachers" resisting orders and walking out of the experiment in front of the other "teachers" who were real subjects. Milgram found that when the real subjects viewed this resistance to an authority, they were more likely to

• A)side with the authority and still obey the authority.
• B)rebuke the resisters for their behavior.
• C)disobey the authority.
• D)still obey the authority, but only if the authority has higher status than the resister.

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Definitions:

Fast Mapping

The process by which children quickly learn the meaning of new words after minimal exposure.

Concrete Operational Stage

A stage of cognitive development in children, according to Piaget, occurring roughly between the ages of 7 and 11, where they start to think logically about concrete events.

Formal Operational Stage

A developmental phase, identified by Jean Piaget, where individuals (starting in adolescence) develop the ability to think abstractly and logically.

Preoperational Stage

A stage in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development (approximately ages 2 to 7) where children begin to use language and think symbolically, yet their thinking is still intuitive and egocentric.