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Question 26

A social psychologist conducted a replication of Milgram's obedience paradigm with a sample of 50 participants. The table below presents the maximum shock levels administered by the participants.

Table 1: Maximum voltage level administered by participants

Voltage level (V)Number of participants for whom this was the maximum shock given
3005
3153
3302
3452
3601
3751
3901
4050
4200
4350
45035

Based on the data in Table 1, what was the total percentage of participants who were 'disobedient' (i.e., did not administer the maximum shock of 450 V)?

A

10%10\%10%

B

30%30\%30%

C

48%48\%48%

D

70%70\%70%

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128 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Responses to people in authority, covering Milgram (1963): Obedience and Bocchiaro et al. (2012): Disobedience and whistle-blowing. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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