Question

question 6 of 10
in milgrams experiment, compliance, or doing what the experimenter asked,
dropped when:

a. the teacher heard the learner scream.

b. the teacher and the learner were in the same room.

c. the study was at yale university.

d. the learner stopped responding.

Explanation:

In Milgram's obedience experiment, proximity (physical closeness) between the "teacher" (the participant) and the "learner" affected compliance. When they were in the same room, the teacher's compliance (doing as the experimenter asked to administer shocks) dropped because the direct presence of the learner made the situation more personal and increased the teacher's discomfort with harming them. Option A: Learner screams didn't stop compliance as most continued. Option C: Yale's setting was associated with higher initial compliance. Option D: Learner stopping responses didn't stop compliance; many still followed instructions.

Answer:

B. the teacher and the learner were in the same room.