Pretend that you are a participant in Milgram's study,and you are asked how likely you are to obey the experimenter's commands.You think you would not administer much shock,but there is over a 60% chance that you would
A)go all the way to 450 volts,when the learner is no longer responding.
B)administer up to 300 volts,when the learner screams his refusals to answer.
C)administer up to 270 volts,when the learner starts to scream in agony.
D)administer up to 120 volts,when the learner first shouts the shocks are painful.

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Milgram's study famously found that a significant majority of participants (over 60%) were willing to administer the maximum shock of 450 volts when urged by an authority figure, even when the learner stopped responding.

Pretend That You Are a Participant in Milgram's Study,and You