Milgram's study on Obedience to an Authority Figure

What was being studied in the experiments?

• how punishment affects learning

• how unwilling humans are to hurt others

• to what extent a person would follow orders

• to what extent will someone suffer if told to do so for a study

The teacher was instructed to shock the learner whenever...

• the learner was too slow to respond

• the authority figure asked them to

• they felt like shocking the learner

• the learner got the question wrong

As the shocks increased in the experiment...

• the learner showed distress, and the experimenter encouraged the teacher to continue

• the teacher was encouraged to back out of the experiment if they felt uncomfortable

• the experimenter would ask the teacher and learner how they were feeling

• the learner and the experimenter would encourage the teacher to continue

What did the results of Milgram's experiment show us?

• people will always consider the consequences of their actions when following orders

• a high percentage of people will hurt someone to comply with an authority figure

• people will require some amount of convincing to hurt another person

• it takes a certain type of person to willingly hurt another individual

What is the central idea of the study?

• Participants' willingness to shock another person in Milgram's experiment shows how people will abandon their morals to follow the orders of authority figures

• The people who shocked the learner with the highest voltage were abnormal participants and are not reflective of the average citizen

• The distress that the teacher and learner both exhibited in Milgram's experiment shows how unethical his practices were

• Participants felt less impacted by the suffering of the learners because they were unable to hear or see them