Upon testing variations of his original obedience study, Milgram found that
a. the original participants had conformed to the experimenter's orders only because the study was conducted at a respected institution.
b. obedience decreased as the distance between the participant and the learner was increased.
c. participants were less likely to shock the learner if he was close by than if he was in another room.
d. participants were more likely to shock the learner if other confederate teachers refused to do so.
C
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In the famous Milgram experiment on obedience, who received a shock?
a. the "learner" b. no one c. the confederate d. the subject
Three-year-old Kate sees many squirrels in her front yard. One weekend on a family camping trip, Kate sees a chipmunk, and says, "Look, Dad, a squirrel with no tail!" Calling a chipmunk a squirrel is an example of what Piaget would call
A) reflective abstraction. B) assimilation. C) equilibration. D) accommodation.
Carl is dying. He says, "In a way, I feel like I'm already dead." Carl views dying as
A) part of life's journey. B) imprisonment. C) a mandate to live ever more fully. D) an experience to be transformed.
Research has shown that the influence of having people look in a mirror
A) increased helpfulness. B) decreased helpfulness. C) increased helpfulness for those who thought they had done well on a test, but decreased helpfulness for those who thought they had done poorly on a test. D) decreased helpfulness for those who thought they had done well on a test, but increased helpfulness for those who thought they had done poorly on a test.