The Results of the Experiment by Meeus and Raaijmakers (1986)

Multiple Choice

The results of the experiment by Meeus and Raaijmakers (1986) in which participants were to disturb an 'applicant' while he was doing a test by making negative remarks about his test achievement, suggest that:

A) the findings by Milgram can only be obtained when people are to be shocked
B) this type of psychological harm is easier to perpetrate than physical violence
C) it is easier to perpetrate physical violence than psychological harm
D) Milgram's results cannot be replicated across a number of different social groups
E) the Milgram-type research emphasizes the powerful effects of moral character on behavior