W: What’s Sally doing over there all by herself
M: She’s the only one in the group who hasn’t come out of her shell yet. Just leave her alone—she needs time to gain confidence.
M: I can’t wait until this week is over, all those final exams are driving me crazy.
W: Well, why don’t you take a break and do something that will take your mind off your test
M: Like what
W: I don’t know. How about tennis
M: That’s not a bad idea, but my tennis racket is still in the shop.
W: Well, then how about a game of table tennis You did promise me to play again before vacation.
M: I know, but it’s embarrassing to lose all the time, especially to a beginner.
W: Oh, come on, I’ve beaten you once, and it was just be ginner’s luck.
M: Fine, I’ll accept. Where do you want to play now, at Haft or Cannis
W: I like Haft.
M: OK, Let’s go.
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killed, all the soldiers who have killed; consider the mass murder of Jews in
Nazi Germany. Is there something inside human beings that allows us to take part
in this sort of violence, or were these people swept along by the
situation Stanley Milgram, a New York psychologist, designed an experiment to find answers to this question, paying adult males four and a half dollars to act the role of "teacher" in a complicated experiment. The "teachers" were to ask questions of a "learner", a middle-aged man in another room. If the learner gave an incorrect answer, the teacher was instructed to turn a knob to send an electric current to the learner’s chair. There were thirty positions on the control knob, with the shocks ranging from 15 to 450 volts, the last position marked "Danger: Severe Shock". The teachers were told to A. violent or sadistic actions may not really be "abnormal" human behavior B. adult males are more violent than adult females C. psychiatrists are fairly accurate in their predictions about human behavior D. only the abnormal individuals in the study delivered shocks all the way up to 450 volts 我来回答: 提交
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