Milgram Surveyed Both a Panel of Yale Undergraduates and a Panel

question 124

Multiple Choice

Milgram surveyed both a panel of Yale undergraduates and a panel of psychology professors before he conducted his original experiment.In these surveys, he found that

• A) most people predicted that less than 1 percent of participants would go to 450 volts.
• B) most people predicted that less than 10 percent of the participants would go to 450 volts.
• C) most people predicted that a majority of participants would go to 450 volts.
• D) students underestimated the percentage who would go all the way to 450 volts, while professors' estimates were fairly accurate.

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Universality

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