Which of the following statements is true?
A)About one quarter of Milgram's subjects "saw through" the deception and were suspicious.
B)Participants stopped when they realized they were hurting the learner.
C)Initially,Milgram expected that very few of his participants would be fully obedient.
D)Milgram asked participants to judge the length of nearly identical lines in groups.
E)About 10% of Milgram's refused to give even the mildest shock.

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Milgram initially expected that very few of his participants would be fully obedient, but to his surprise, most of them obeyed the experimenter's instructions to continue shocking the learner even when it appeared to be causing harm. The other statements are false: A) only a small minority of participants were suspicious of the deception, B) many participants continued to administer shocks despite the apparent harm to the learner, D) judging line length was not part of the obedience experiment, and E) only a small minority of participants refused to give any shocks at all.

Which of the Following Statements Is True