Milgram experiment

Milgram's Obedience to Authority study set out to test if Germans had a different

• Disposition

• Pain threshold

• Social hierarchy

Milgram decided to run a pilot study in which country?

• UK

• USA

• Germany

Milgram asked his colleagues to estimate how many participants would give a potentially lethal dose. What was their estimate?

• 3%

• 1%

• 10%

The percentage of participants who administered the 450vlt shock was

• 55%

• 65%

• 75%

Participants were strongly led to believe that the shocks were real

• True

• False

Researchers made the conditions seem real by (pick all that apply)

• Administering a sample shock to the teacher

• Allowing the teacher to see the learner being set up to the shock machine

• Having the learner in the same room

• Allowing the teacher to decide the punishment when errors occured

As part of the observations of participants, Milgram noted that most people enjoyed taking part in the experiment

• True

• False

The process of allocating the roles of teachers and learners was completely random

• True

• False

Participants were informed of their right to withdraw at any time

• True

• False

Milgram's hypothesis was accepted when his findings were analysed

• True

• False