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WorksheetsMilgram Experiment Obedience.
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Where did the Milgram Experiment take place?
New York
New Haven
California
England
What University sponsored the Milgram Experiment?
Yale
SCSU
Uconn
Quinnipiac
What was the man's name who conducted the Milgram Experiment?
Stanley Dunham
Stan Laurel
Stanley Milgram
Milli Vanilli
This is Stanley Dunham. Whose mother is she?
Barack Obama's
Donald Trump's
The Milgram Experiment involved....
Shocking people with a machine.
Pretending to shock people with a machine.
Killing elephants with electricity.
Who filmed and shocked elephants to death to "prove" that DC electricity was safer than Nikola Tesla's AC?
Albert Einstein
Thomas Edison
Ben Franklin
Alexander Graham Bell
How many volts of electricity were the test subjects shocked with after they gave wrong answers?
Started low, went high.
Started high, went low.
None.
How much electricity did they pretend to shock the fake test subjects with?
Started low, went high.
Started high, went low.
None.
Who was really the test subject in the Milgram Experiment?
The "teacher."
The "learner."
The guy in the lab coat.
What was the purpose of the Milgram Experiment?
To see how much electric shock the human body can stand.
To help learning.
To see if people will take orders even though they may harm others?
Approximately how many people would shock people at the highest, possibly fatal setting?
Close to zero.
Close to half.
Almost all.
The fact that 50% of test subjects would shock others at a rate they thought could kill them shows that....
People can't be easily convinced to do bad things.
People can be easily convinced to do bad things.
What does the Milgram Experiment suggest can influence people to do things they know is wrong?
Logic and reason.
Expert opinion.
The appearance of authority.
The Milgram experiment proves that these two things are NOT always connected...
Wisdom and logic.
Authority and morality.
Bad people and Bad Decisions.
During the Milgram Experiment, many test subjects...
Had a good time and laughed.
Showed signs of masochism.
Showed signs of distress.
The results of test subjects in the Milgram Experiment suggests that.....
It is hard to make good people do bad things.
It's pretty easy to make good people do bad things.
It's easy to make bad people do bad things.
Why might the Milgram Experiment be unethical?
Because it's not right to shock innocent people.
Because the test subjects were placed under pretty serious distress.
Shocking people is ok if it is for a good cause.
The ends NEVER.....
Justify the means.
Justify the means.
Justify the means.
Justify the means.
Saying that "then ends never justify the means" is also another way of saying....
Intentions don't matter as much as the things we actually do.
The Milgram Experiment was an absolutely ethical experiment.
The Milgram Experiment suggests that authority is largely a result of....
Appearance and image.
Earned respect and trust.
Nazi Concentration Camp guards claimed that they were innocent of wrong doing because....
They were just following orders.
They didn't know what they were doing was wrong.
What is it called when a person claims innocence because "that they were just following orders"
Not guilty by association.
The Nuremberg defense.
Not guilty by way of insanity.
If the Milgram Experiment proves one thing, it proves that no matter what....
It's important to fit in and follow the group.
It's important to follow orders and obey the law.
You must think for yourself and be strong.
