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Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

5th Edition

ISBN:9780134477961

Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Publisher:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Chapter1: The Science Of Psychology

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In Milgram’s experiment, some people acted like participants even though they were actually part of an elaborate set-up. Which term is used for people who operate in this capacity in an experiment?

a) confederate

b) assistant

c) actor

d) observer

In Milgram’s obedience study, blank________ had to think that they were actually shocking another person for the experiment to work.

a) the confederates

b) the experimenters

c) the learners

d) the participants

Danica and Eileen are discussing Stanley Milgram’s classic research on obedience. Danica reports she would have refused to continue as soon as the “learner” objected, but Eileen reminds her that blank______ of the participants in the original study delivered the highest voltage of electrical shocks!

a) just under 25%

b) about 45%

c) more than 60%

d) over 90%

Before conducting his obedience study, Stanley Milgram asked a panel of experts how intense a shock they thought the “teachers” would be willing to administer to the “learners.” That panel predicted that most people would not go beyond an electric shock of blank______ volts.

a) 75

b) 150

c) 200

d) 245

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