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The voltage would increase each time the "learner" answers wrong. The "teacher" would be able to hear the "learner" as they were separated by a board (or wall, I am not sure). As a result, when the voltage was quite high, the "learner" screams out.
In the end, the experiment shows that more than half of the "teachers" administered a full 450V shock to the "learner", though some were uncomfortable to do so.
The actual purpose of the experiment was not to see how much voltage a person could take; the teachers themselves were in fact the experiment subjects. They were tested to see how far they would go to obey orders/authority.
I saw a video of this experiment in class today, though I have heard of the story about half a year back.