Bocchiaro Conclusion Mindmap
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- Bocchiaro et al. (2012)
- Background
- A Whistle-blower is someone who exposes unethical activities of others
- Aim
- 1. To investigate responses to people in authority, giving them the opportunity to whistle-blow as well as obey
- 2. To understand individual and situational factors which influence responses to authority figures
- 1. To investigate responses to people in authority, giving them the opportunity to whistle-blow as well as obey
- Research Method
- Laboratory (No IV)
- Sample
- Sampling method
- Sample characteristics
- 149 undergraduates from VU university (96 women, 53 men, mean age = 20.8)
- Procedure
- Surveys
- 138 volunteer undergraduate students
- Given an outline of the study and asked what they thought they would do and what they thought a typical student would do
- 138 volunteer undergraduate students
- Main procedure
- Male experimenter ask participants give names of other students
- Told cover story - asked to write testimonial convince other students take part in the study. - told not to mention negative effects/ only be enthusiastic
- Participants told research committee considering to permit study- told forms in next room if p's want to anonymously give feedback
- Left in another room for 7 mins to write testimonial, and/or post form on ethics
- Debriefed about deception - that study on sensory deprivation was cover story
- Left in another room for 7 mins to write testimonial, and/or post form on ethics
- Participants told research committee considering to permit study- told forms in next room if p's want to anonymously give feedback
- Told cover story - asked to write testimonial convince other students take part in the study. - told not to mention negative effects/ only be enthusiastic
- Male experimenter ask participants give names of other students
- Surveys
- Equipment
- The Cover story
- Made up sensory deprivation study on 6 participants.
- results showed all participants panicked, cognitive abilities impaired and visual/auditory hallucinations
- 2 asked to stop experiment which was not permitted
- results showed all participants panicked, cognitive abilities impaired and visual/auditory hallucinations
- Made up sensory deprivation study on 6 participants.
- Measurements
- 1. HEXACO-PI-R personality test -
- measures 6 personality, honesty, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, openess
- 2. Decomposed Games measure of social values
- Extent to which personal values are orientated towards benefits of all or self
- 3. Self report on religious beliefs and attitudes including faith
- 1. HEXACO-PI-R personality test -
- The Cover story
- Results
- Obey = 75.6% Disobey = 14.1% Whistleblew = 6.0% Refused to write = 3.4%
- Survey predicted: student obey = 18.8% themselves would obey = 3.6%
- Conclusions
- No difference between gender, personality or type of religion, People who have more faith are more likely to blow the whistle
- People tend to obey authority figures. People act differently than how they claim they would.
- No difference between gender, personality or type of religion, People who have more faith are more likely to blow the whistle
- Obey = 75.6% Disobey = 14.1% Whistleblew = 6.0% Refused to write = 3.4%
- Background
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