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The Milgram Experiment

Authored by Sarah Williams

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12th Grade

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The Milgram Experiment
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Migram experiment focused on...

the conflict between obedience to authority or personal conscience.

the different levels of obedience to authority based on personal conscience.

the varied degrees of guilt associated with obedience against personal conscience.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Milgram experiment was carried out...

at the onset of WW II.

during WW II.

after WW II.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The results of the experiment showed that...

people are likely to obey orders and commit attrocities if they recongize the authority as having moral or legal rights over them.

soldiers obey orders from their superiors without questioning; ordinary people are not.

some people are more likely to obey orders than others and when these differences appear, the dividing line between those who continue obeying and those who do not is conscience.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The aim of the experiment was to...

establish the degree pain a person could inflict on another, based on the former's levels of guilt.

see how far a person would take obedience to authority over personal conscience.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Milgram Experiment focused on the conflict between obedience to authority and what?

Personal conscience

Social norms

Peer pressure

Cultural beliefs

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Milgram's experiment was devised to answer whether Eichmann and his accomplices were just following what?

Orders

Laws

Traditions

Beliefs

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Fill in the blank: Milgram's experiment began a year after the trial of Adolf ________ in Jerusalem.

Eichmann

Hitler

Goebbels

Himmler

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

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