Milgram Described the Details of His Experimental Design to a Group

question 271

Multiple Choice

Milgram described the details of his experimental design to a group of 40 psychiatrists.He asked them to predict how participants would behave.The results of this survey showed

• A) they all thought the subjects would quit once they were told about the electric shock.
• B) the psychiatrists correctly predicted the results.
• C) the psychiatrists thought that the "teacher" would stop once the "learner" indicated pain.
• D) all of the psychiatrists thought subjects would eagerly shock the learner.

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