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The results of the electrical shock experiment conducted by Albert Bandura in 1975 proved that:

a) People avoid electrical shocks
b) People imitate aggressive behavior
c) People develop phobias
d) None of the above

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Final answer:

The question appears to mix up Bandura's and Milgram's studies. Milgram's 1961 electrical shock experiment showed that roughly 65% of participants were willing to deliver severe shocks when instructed by an authority.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question mentioned seems to confuse Albert Bandura's study with Stanley Milgram's electrical shock experiment. The results of Milgram's 1961 experiment at Yale University indicated that a significant portion of participants were willing to administer what they believed to be lethal electrical shocks to another person, under the authority of an experimenter. Specifically, the result was that about 65%, or roughly two-thirds, of the participants were willing to administer the maximum voltage shock as they were instructed by an authority figure.

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