Who was prompting whom?

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Charges of data manipulation[edit]
After an investigation of the test, Australian psychologist Gina Perry[19] claimed that Milgram had manipulated his results. "Overall, over half disobeyed," said Ms Perry. Of those that obeyed, there were on one occasion many more than four promptings, but 26 times before doing it.[20] Several times in fact some subjects asked to swap places with the learner. Gina Perry further claims that some subjects thought it was not real but a reality TV show.[21][22]

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@oristarA,

The interviewer prompted the interviewee.

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@PUNKEY,

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The interviewer prompted the interviewee.

Seems not. In the context, there is "Several times in fact some subjects asked to swap places with the learner" - subjects are the interviewees, contrary to your opinion.

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@oristarA,

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The subject and the actor both drew slips of paper to determine their roles, but unknown to the subject, both slips said "teacher". The actor would always claim to have drawn the slip that read "learner", thus guaranteeing that the subject would always be the "teacher". At this point, the "teacher" and "learner" were separated into different rooms where they could communicate but not see each other

The answer is in Wikipedia, but maybe you can't open it from there (China?)

The subject is the one pressing the buttons. The subject is the one who had sometimes to be prompted.

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