Question

When presented with the design of Stanley Milgram’s "shock" experiment," a group of experts and lay people estimated that only the rare participant would be completely obedient and that most people would disobey early-on in the experiment. However, the results from his study indicated that ______ of his male and female participants obeyed the experimenter until the conclusion of the experiment.

Answer 1

In Stanley Milgram's "shock" experiment, the results showed that a surprising percentage of his male and female participants obeyed the experimenter until the conclusion of the experiment. Specifically, approximately 65% of the participants continued to administer shocks, even when they believed it could cause severe harm to the learner. This finding was quite unexpected, as both experts and lay people had initially predicted that only a rare participant would be completely obedient. It just goes to show how complex human behavior can be!

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