Milgram's Study of Destructive Obedience

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1. Which of these is not a way not the experiment was made more realistic for the participant?

  • The participant and confederate drew slips of paper to allocate their roles
  • The participant watched the confederate pretend to be shocked
  • The participant saw the learner being strapped to the electrode
  • The Shock machine looked realistic with written descriptions next to groups of voltage
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2. Which voltage is the last voltage that the confederate responded to?

  • 315V
  • 360V
  • 300V
  • 450V

3. In what increments did the voltage increase by?

  • 20V
  • 15V
  • 10V
  • 25V

4. What is a confederate/Stooge?

  • Someone who works with the researcher without the participant knowing
  • A participant who is paid to take part in a study
  • A participant who is unaware that they are taking part in a study
  • Someone who helps the researcher collect results

5. Which of these wasn't given as a reason for the high levels of obedience?

  • The participants right to withdraw wasn't obvious due to continually prompts to continue
  • The study was carried out in the respectable environment of a university
  • The teacher has volunteered so has an obligation the experimenter
  • The participants were assured that the shocks weren't dangerous
  • The learner appeared to comfortable until three hundred and fifteen volts
  • The aim of the study appeared worthwhile
  • Features of the design such as payment increase the feeling of obligation
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