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In a variation of the Milgram study,the learner was in the same room as the teacher.Under these conditions,___% obeyed to 450 volts.


A) 100
B) 80
C) 40
D) 20

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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As an example of the liberating effects of group influence,___% of the participants in a variation of Milgram's study conformed to the confederate's behavior when the confederates defied the experimenter.


A) 90
B) 45
C) 20
D) 10

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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_______ occurs when soldiers or employees follow questionable orders,such as when nurses willingly follow a physician's order to give a patient a dangerously high dosage of medication.


A) Norm formation
B) Conformity
C) Obedience
D) Acceptance

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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While control participants were correct about line-length judgments more than 99% of the time in Asch's conformity study,his naive participants conformed to the incorrect judgments of others ___% of the time.


A) 12
B) 37
C) 65
D) 87

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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If we were to conclude that Milgram's obedient participants were particularly hostile and aggressive people,we would be


A) making a correct inference.
B) committing the fundamental attribution error.
C) ignoring the power of behavior to shape attitudes.
D) ignoring the strength of positive internal dispositions.

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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When Milgram conducted his first series of experiments with a sample of 20- to 50-year-old men,he found that over 60 percent of them


A) refused to deliver shocks beyond 150 volts.
B) refused to deliver shocks past the 300-volt level.
C) went clear to 450 volts.
D) asked to be released from the experiment by 135 volts.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Discuss the ethics of Milgram's study.

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A psychiatrist who interviewed 40 of Milgram's participants a year after their participation concluded that


A) none had been harmed.
B) many were suspicious of all authorities.
C) a minority of them had lowered self-esteem.
D) most regretted having served in Milgram's study.

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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In follow-up experiments to his initial study,Milgram made the learner's protests more compelling by having him complain of a heart condition,then scream and plead for release,and finally refuse to answer.With this added condition,


A) the majority of participants still fully obeyed the experimenter's demands.
B) teachers were more reluctant to deliver initial shocks.
C) learners became more real and personal to the teacher.
D) fewer participants went to 450 volts.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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