When Milgram asked 110 psychiatrists, college students, and middle-class adults to predict the results of his experiment, the respondents said that they thought ________.

A. they themselves would never begin to administer the shocks
B. other people would go all the way to 450 volts
C. they themselves would disobey by about 135 volts
D. other people would disobey by about 210 volts


Answer: C

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