PRESENTATION 4

 
HOLOCAUST INSTITUTE 2009
BRIEF FILL-OUT SURVEY
Susan Carol Losh
Department of Educational Psychology
    and Learning Systems
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4453

  slosh@fsu.edu

1. Imagine that an inexperienced person in a psychological experiment was asked to publicly match the line on the left to one of three lines on the right (Line A). Prior to this person announcing their decision, five people immediately before them all pick the wrong line (say line "B"). About what percent of inexperienced psychological subjects do you feel would just "go along" with the group and also announce the wrong decision?
 

  _____PERCENT (or [    ] Almost no one would do this)
 
 
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   LINE A   LINE B  LINE C

2. About what percent of college men do you feel would say that they would rape a woman if they "could get away with it"?
 

_____PERCENT (or [    ] Almost no college men would say this)
 

3. About what percent of people do you feel would shock their partner in a laboratory experiment up to 450 volts of electricity simply because an experimenter asked them to?

  _____PERCENT (or [    ] Almost no one would do this)
 

Suppose an individual held an opinion that made the people around her or him feel uncomfortable. About what percent of adult Americans do you feel would say "it's important to stand up for your opinions" (instead of saying "keep your opinions to yourself if they make other people uncomfortable")?

                        _______PERCENT

[    ] Almost no one would say to stand up for your own opinions
[    ] Almost everyone would say to stand up for your own opinions
 
 

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