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1) Prior to conducting his experiment, Milgram asked Yale seniors what percentage of 100 subjects would increase the shock voltage to a dangerous level. The

1) Prior to conducting his experiment, Milgram asked Yale seniors what percentage of 100 subjects would increase the shock voltage to a dangerous level. The seniors predicted that the percentage would be:

Between 10 and 20 %

More than half

Between 3 and 10%

Between 0 and 3%

Question 2

Milgram and later Burger in his replication of the study found that the percentage of subjects continuing to the highest shock voltage was about:

Between 0 and 3%

Approximately 65% in both studies

Never more than 30% of subjects

Between 10 and 20%

3) Milgram's study was designed to increase the level of obedience. He included slow incremental increases, a novel situation, limited opportunity to consider the choices and:

Diffusion of responsibility

The "student" did not appear to be discomforted by the shocks

Only male subjects were used

Subjects were screened to be highly aggressive

4) By manipulating the number of negative and positive Facebook posts, researchers were able to manipulate:

The amount of time that users remained on the website

The number of negative and positive words in user's responses

The incidence of clinical depression in Facebook users

The number of clicks on advertisements that users made

5) Facebook claimed that the participants in the emotion study provided informed consent because:

They were able to "opt out" of the study at any time

They endorsed a terms of service agreement

A Facebook employee called them on the phone and asked them to participate

They could stop reading their posts at any time during the study

6) In the Kitty Genovese case an attacker killed the young woman by stabbing her to death. There were 38 witnesses to the attack. Of the 38:

More than half ran to the victim's aid

Several opened their window and asked if the victim needed help

None reported the attack or came to the aid of the victim

Only 6 called the police

7) Asch's conformity study tested whether subjects surrounded by others instructed by the experimenter to choose a clearly incorrect response found that about a third of subjects:

Ignored the others and provided the clearly correct response

Refused to answer

Conformed and agreed with the incorrect response

Chose a response midway between the correct and incorrect responses

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