Before Stanley Milgram conducted the obedience study, he surveyed several psychiatrists, students, and middle-class adults as to how many people they predicted would go all the way to the highest voltage under the instructions of the authority
Milgram's survey found that:
a. psychiatrists accurately predicted that about 45 percent of the participants would inflict what they thought were dangerous amounts of shock.
b. students and middle-class adults accurately predicted that about 25 percent of the participants would inflict what they thought were dangerous amounts of shock.
c. psychiatrists predicted that only one person in a thousand would administer the highest voltage and the nonprofessionals agreed with this statement.
d. psychiatrists, students, and middle-class adults accurately predicted that about 15 percent of the participants would inflict what they thought were dangerous amounts of shock.
c
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a. misinterpretation of the significance of symptoms b. fear of looking silly if the problem turns out to be nothing c. worry about bothering their physician d. fear of possible medical treatments
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A) systematic desensitization B) biological preparedness C) generalization D) discrimination
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A. fixed-interval B. variable-ratio C. fixed-ratio D. variable-interval
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A. leaving the child alone B. talking to the child from a distance C. touching or holding the child D. offering the child something good to eat