The Milgram Experiment

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.

The Milgram experiment was carried out...

• at the onset of WW II.

• during WW II.

• after WW II.

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.

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.

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

• Personal conscience

• Social norms

• Peer pressure

• Cultural beliefs

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

• Orders

• Laws

• Traditions

• Beliefs

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

• Eichmann

• Hitler

• Goebbels

• Himmler

How many variations of the experiment did Milgram conduct?

• 10

• 15

• 18

• 20

What must be in place for a person to enter the agentic state?

• The person giving orders is seen as legitimate

• The person being ordered is rebellious

• The person giving orders is unknown

• The person being ordered is independent

How far were most people willing to go to obey authority?

• Not far

• Somewhat far

• Very far

• Extremely far