Describing Meeus and Raaijmakers
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- Meeus and Raaijmakers (1986)
- Aim
- To test how obedient people were in a situation which was more realistic
- To test obedience in a more liberal culture
- Procedure
- University researcher, job applicant (actor) and participant present.
- To get job, applicant had to answer 32 oral multiple-choice questions. Job involved being able to deal with stress
- Applicant followed script. When answer was wrong, participant had to issue comment abusing other's personality or performance.
- 15 negative comments in total
- Applicant sometimes interrupted to protest negative comments but participant instructed to ignore
- Applicant failed test due to stress and did not get job.
- Procedure
- University researcher, job applicant (actor) and participant present.
- To get job, applicant had to answer 32 oral multiple-choice questions. Job involved being able to deal with stress
- Applicant followed script. When answer was wrong, participant had to issue comment abusing other's personality or performance.
- 15 negative comments in total
- Applicant sometimes interrupted to protest negative comments but participant instructed to ignore
- Applicant failed test due to stress and did not get job.
- Applicant failed test due to stress and did not get job.
- Applicant followed script. When answer was wrong, participant had to issue comment abusing other's personality or performance.
- To get job, applicant had to answer 32 oral multiple-choice questions. Job involved being able to deal with stress
- University researcher, job applicant (actor) and participant present.
- Procedure
- Applicant failed test due to stress and did not get job.
- Applicant followed script. When answer was wrong, participant had to issue comment abusing other's personality or performance.
- To get job, applicant had to answer 32 oral multiple-choice questions. Job involved being able to deal with stress
- University researcher, job applicant (actor) and participant present.
- Participants
- 39
- Men and women
- Aged 18-55
- Volunteers
- Answered newspaper ad for stress experiment
- Control group of 15, experiment group of 24
- Paid $13
- All had equivalent of GCSEs
- Results
- 22/24 participants in experimental group made all 15 remarks
- Most participants protested but continued when ordered
- Follow-up questionnaire
- 73% of all participants thought it was real, 4% hoax, 23% unsure
- 45% blamed experimenter for applicant not getting job, 33% blamed self, 22% blamed applicant
- In control group, nobody made stress comments
- Conclusions
- Obedience is higher in more liberal culture
- Participants more likely to obey orders causing psychological rather than physical harm
- Aim
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