Milgram's obedience research was important at the time he conducted it because
a. behavioral theories of the time predicted one outcome but Freudian theory predicted very different outcomes.
b. the Nazi atrocities of World War II that were based on blind obedience was still fresh in people's memories.
c. Milgram's studies were among the first to study the effect of obedience on racist behaviors.
d. earlier studies of obedience had erroneously predicted how people would behave under stressful conditions.
Question 2
The criticism of Milgram's obedience research by psychologist Diana Baumrind (1964) included the claim that the research
a. participants did not actually shock the learner, so the results are not valid.
b. did not include either dehoaxing or desensitization.
c. would cause the participants not to trust authority figures in the future.
d. would have considerable short-term negative effects, but minimal long-term effects.
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