Milgram's Study and Bickman's Experiment Quiz

How did the proximity of the authority figure affect obedience in Milgram's study?

• Increased obedience

• Decreased obedience

• No effect on obedience

• Obedience levels fluctuated

What was the percentage of participants who administered the full 450 volts in the Run down office location variation?

• 65%

• 47.5%

• 30%

• 21%

What percentage of the time was the security guard obeyed in Bickman's experiment?

• 30%

• 47%

• 76%

• 65%

What factor is highlighted as important in obedience research according to Milgram's variations?

• Personal responsibility

• Legitimacy of authority

• Peer pressure

• Emotional state

What was the percentage of participants who administered the full 450 volts at Yale University?

• 48%

• 65%

• 92.5%

• 20%

What is an agentic state?

• Acting with full personal responsibility

• Acting as an agent with little personal responsibility

• Acting independently of authority

• Acting with emotional detachment

What shift occurs when a person changes from an autonomous state to an agentic state?

• Emotional shift

• Cognitive shift

• Agentic shift

• Behavioral shift

What does the ability to enter an agentic state do to the level of obedience?

• Decreases it

• Increases it

• Has no effect

• Reverses it