Q 01/05

Which Stanford prison experiment psychologist was Stanley Milgram's high school classmate in New York?

A) Albert Bandura

B) Philip Zimbardo

C) Lawrence Kohlberg

D) Leon Festinger

Answer · why

B) Philip Zimbardo

Philip Zimbardo sat in Milgram's class at James Monroe High School. The two also shared a love of the hidden-camera show Candid Camera and admired its...

Q 02/05

Which animal received real shocks in Sheridan and King's follow-up to Stanley Milgram's obedience experiment?

A) A puppy

B) A kitten

C) A rabbit

D) A guinea pig

Answer · why

A) A puppy

A puppy took real but apparently harmless shocks, because the researchers suspected some of Milgram's volunteers had guessed the victim was faking. So...

Q 03/05

A 2010 French documentary restaged Milgram's obedience experiment disguised as what kind of TV program?

A) A talent contest

B) A cooking show

C) A game show

D) A dating show

Answer · why

C) A game show

A game show pilot was the cover story in Le Jeu de la Mort (The Game of Death), made as a critique of reality television. Only 16 of 80 contestants qu...

Q 04/05

Which Star Trek actor played a professor based on Stanley Milgram in the 1970s TV drama The Tenth Level?

A) Leonard Nimoy

B) Patrick Stewart

C) DeForest Kelley

D) William Shatner

Answer · why

D) William Shatner

William Shatner played Professor Stephen Turner, a thinly disguised Milgram. The drama also gave a young John Travolta an uncredited part as a student...

Q 05/05

In Stanley Milgram's first obedience experiment, what share of the 40 volunteers delivered the maximum shock?

A) 3%

B) 10%

C) 30%

D) 65%

Answer · why

D) 65%

65% went all the way to the last switch. Every one of the 40 paused at least once to question what was happening, and most carried on once the man in ...