In the Milgram obedience experiment in which participants acted as ‘teachers’ who delivered electric shocks to ‘learners’, why did the participants administer the shocks?
a. they misunderstood their instructions
b. the ‘learner’ had insulted them
c. the experimenter had instructed them to
d. they were naturally highly aggressive
e. both a and b
Ans: c
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