Before conducting his classic research on obedience to authority, Milgram conducted a survey in which he asked a number of psychiatrists to predict what percentage of people would "go all the way" and administer the highest levels of shocks. The psychiatrists in his survey predicted that ____ would do so

a. only .01% (1 in 1000)
b. only about 5%
c. about 25%
d. about 35%


A

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_______________ designs are the only research method that can provide strong evidence for cause-and-effect relationships

FIll in the blank with correct word.

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Happiness tends to be accompanied by _____________, an attitudinal aspect of happiness

a. a high income level b. a cognitive bias towards assuming things will work out c. being free from want d. attributing one's successes to others

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A) seriation. B) classification. C) transitive inference. D) reversibility.

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