Subjects in Milgram's experiment who gave the highest level of shocks rationalized that they were NOT personally responsible for their actions. This raises questions about our willingness to commit inhumane acts as a result of
a. resistance compliance.
b. obedience to a legitimate authority.
c. self-assertion.
d. conformity to group pressure.
B
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Which actual event could have been predicted based on the results of Milgram's classic study on obedience?
A. The riot at Attica prison in New York B. The siege on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, in which followers of a cult were killed by government agents C. U.S. torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq D. The attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001
Which of the affirmative action strategies would involve an employer changing the company policy or the way an organization is decorated?
a. Identification of discriminatory practices b. Preferential hiring and promotion of minorities c. Recruitment of minority applicants d. Recruiting through employee referrals
At age 64, Mrs. Willis began a long mental decline. She first showed memory loss and irritability, then delusions, social withdrawal, dementia, and finally death at age 68 . An autopsy showed neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques in her brain. Mrs. Willis died of ____
a. Alzheimer's disease b. aphasia c. epilepsy d. ischemic stroke
Placebo treatment can produce significant improvements in:
A) physical but not psychological conditions. B) psychological but not physical conditions. C) both physical and psychological conditions. D) neither physical nor psychological conditions.