Pablo and celia ask a job applicant to talk about her background for a few minutes. before doing so, the applicant says she has bad allergies, so she might sniffle and speak with a shaky voice. the applicant then talks about herself, and she does, in fact, sniffle and speak with a shaky voice. while the applicant talks, pablo is attentive. but celia is tired and her mind wanders a bit. attribution research suggests that, compared with pablo, celia is more likely to

- "ethical issues. deception – the participants actually believed they were shocking a real person and were unaware the learner was a confederate of milgram's. however, milgram argued that “illusion is used when necessary in order to set the stage for the revelation of certain difficult-to-get-at-truths.” "

- "milgram's work was conducted in the early 1960s before the current.the studies ignited a debate about the ethical treatment of participants. what appear to be dangerous, if not deadly, electric shocks and the by today's ethical standards, many questions about the research have gone unanswered."