The Milgram Experiment: Obedience to Authority Quiz

Question 1

What was the main goal of the Milgram experiment?

A To see if people like teachers

B To test memory

C To test pain threshold

D To study obedience to authority

Question 2

Who conducted the famous obedience experiments?

A Ivan Pavlov

B Leon Festinger

C Sigmund Freud

D Stanley Milgram

Question 3

In the experiment, what did the 'teacher' believe they were doing?

A Administering electric shocks to a learner

B Teaching a new language

C Playing a video game

D Conducting a science fair

Question 4

Were the electric shocks in Milgram's experiment real?

A Yes, but they were weak

B No, the learner was an actor

C Yes, they were fatal

D No, it was a computer simulation

Question 5

What surprised researchers most about the results?

A The participants did not understand the task

B Most people refused to obey

C A high number of people obeyed the authority figure

D The volunteers were violent

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