Milgram surveyed both a panel of Yale undergraduates and a panel of psychology professors before he conducted his original experiment. In these surveys, he found that
a. most people predicted that less than 1 percent of participants would go to 450 volts.
b. most people predicted that less than 10 percent of the participants would go to 450 volts.
c. most people predicted that a majority of participants would go to 450 volts.
d. students underestimated the percentage who would go all the way to 450 volts, while professors' estimates were fairly accurate.
Answer: A
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