Question

When Milgram’s experimental series was reenacted in Bridgeport, Connecticut, far from the prestige & authority of Yale University, the proportion of participants who fully complied with orders to shock the learner through reduced, remained remarkably high at __ percent.

A) 17
B) 48
C) 63
D) 65

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter "D": 65%.

Step-by-step explanation:

Psychologist Stanley Milgram (1933-1984) in the 1960s, conducted an experiment to measure human's willingness to obey orders from an authority figure. The participants (who played the roles of teachers) were told to give electric shocks to another individual (who played the roles of students but they were actually paid actors). The power of the shocks administered would increase as many times as the student fails into a task reaching the maximum voltage of 450 volts. Most participants obeyed the presumed authority instructions even if the individuals would scream because of the pain. In fact, 65% of the participants continued with the experiment. Milgram's research has been both scientifically and ethically criticized.