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Essay Questions Concerning Deception in Stanley Milgram Research a) Deception was a key feature in the procedure of Milgram's study on obedience. A fundamental deception that was conducted was the fact that none of the participants were made aware that the study was about obedience. The participants were told that the study concerned learning and memory. Another deception that took place was the fact that all the participants were led to believe that the 'learner' was also a voluntary participant, and they believed they had a 50:50 chance between them of selecting the role of 'teacher' or 'learner'. In fact the 'learner' was an actor and the situation was set up so that the real participant would always become 'teacher'. One of the major deceptions in this study was that concerning the electric shocks. The participants believed they were administering increasingly higher electric shocks to the 'learner' in response to...

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