In Milgram's classic experiments on obedience, forty psychiatrists were asked to predict how far the participants would go. The psychiatrists predicted that:
a. only 10 per cent of participants would administer the highest shock
b. only 4 per cent of the participants would administer the highest shock
c. most participants would not go beyond 150 volts
d. only 4 per cent would reach 300 volts
e. both c and d
Ans: e
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