Question

Description acceptable. At the University of Akron, this object is exhibited at the end of a hallway where many visitors will step on only black floor tiles. A book by Gina Perry about the disorganized use of this object describes that 75% of people were not “de-hoaxed” right away. Arnold Buss adapted the design of this object to measure human aggression with a 1-10 scale. Laters users of this object were told over a (*) PA that a man had a heart (10[3])condition. People chosen to use this object were subject to verbal (-5[1])prods like “It is absolutely essential that (10[1])you continue.” Volunteers designated as (10[1])“teachers” would use this object after a “learner” failed to correctly identify a word pairing, causing the learner to produce a fake scream. For 10 points, name this machine used in an experiment at Yale by Stanley Milgram that supposedly administered a painful punishment. ■END■

ANSWER: Milgram electric shock machine [or shock box; accept Milgram machine before mention; accept Behind the Shock Machine; accept anything indicting the machine that supposedly shocked or electrocuted or similar verbs involving electricity in the Milgram experiment]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andre WongColumbia CLehigh B8110
Eshan PantNYU AYale8110
Lexi TermanRutgersColumbia A8110
Moses KitakuleColumbia BLehigh A92-5
Evan SchleckGathererPrinceton9910
Steven McPhillimeyLehigh AColumbia B10410

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y5100%0%20%89.20
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y3100%0%33%105.33