Imagine that you are a participant in Stanley Milgram's experiment on obedience to authority. As the experiment progresses, you hesitate and protest that you do not want to continue with the experiment. The experimenter will

a. end the study immediately.
b. verbally order you to continue.
c. present shock to the learner himself.
d. force you to switch places with the learner.


Answer: b. verbally order you to continue.

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