Milgram's Obedience Study & Agency Theory Quiz

How many male participants were included in Milgram's sample?

• 30

• 45

• 65

• 40

What ethical guidelines did Milgram's study NOT break?

• Deception

• Right to withdraw

• Protection from harm

• Need to debrief

What percentage of participants continued administering electric shocks until the full 450 volts?

• 100

• 45

• 65

• 60

What was the role of the real participant in the experiment?

• Teacher

• Learner

• Experimenter

What was the purpose of Milgram's psychological investigation?

• To measure obedience in 'ordinary' American citizens

• To test the effects of electric shocks on the human body

• To study the impact of stress on participants

• To investigate the effect of punishment on learning

According to this theory what is the structure of human society?

• Unitarian

• Autocratic

• Hierarchical

• Democratic

When people act of their own free will. They are...

• In an agentic state

• Experiencing moral strain

• In an autonomous state

• Displacing responsibility

This theory says that people feel tension and conflict when ordered to do something by an authority figure that they would not choose to do themselves. Which term refers to this?

• Agentic state

• Moral strain

• Autonomous state

• Displacement of responsibility

Which of these studies offers real-world support for agency theory?

• Milgram (1963)

• Sherif et al. (1954, 1961)

• Hofling et al. (1966)

• Sheridan and King (1972)

Dispositional factors are...

• Internal factors

• External factors