Milgram

How many participants went up to 300 volts
1. All of them
2. None of them
3. 30 of them
4. 20 of them
5. 10 of them
Which of the following features did Milgram suggest contributed to the obedience rate?
1. The location of the experiment
2. The participants were paid
3. The participants volunteered
4. All of the above
The participants were all
1. Female
2. Male
3. Children
4. Chimpanzees
5. Psychology students
The participants all volunteered believing they were to do
1. A study on aggression
2. A study on power
3. A study on memory and learning
4. A study on electricity
5. AS psychology
The study broke the ethical guidelines of
1. Deception
2. Rights of participants to withdraw
3. Protection of participants
4. All of these
The dependent variable is
1. The type of prods used
2. The presence of Mr Williams
3. The level of shock given to learner
4. The switches
5. Stanford University
The number of participants used was
1. 20
2. 30
3. 40
4. 50
5. 1
The participants were recruited by
1. Telephone
2. TV adverts
3. Direct mail and newspaper articles
4. University staff
5. Mobile phones
The participants were paid
1. $3.00
2. $4.50
3. $15.00
4. $30.00
5. Five quid
The participant was told that the learner had to learn
1. Maths problems
2. Word pairs
3. Anagrams
4. Sign language
5. How to do a Spearman Rho
Which one of these was not a prod used by Mr Williams
1. 'please continue/please go on'
2. 'the experimenter requires that you go on'
3. 'go on or else I will have to terminate the experiment'
4. 'it is absolutely essential that you go on'
The participants responded to the stress of the experiment in many ways including
1. Laughing
2. Stuttering
3. Biting their lips
4. All of these
In a later study carried out in a rundown office block, Milgram found
1. Obedience rates were even higher
2. Obedience rates were the same
3. The study had to be terminated
4. Obedience rates were slightly lower
5. A wallet
The study demonstrates that
1. People are naturally nasty
2. The situation is a powerful influence of behaviour
3. Personality will always come through
4. Americans are more obedient than Germans

Milgram

Multiple-choice exercise