Milgrams baseline study
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- Milgrams Base-line Study
- 40 male American participants aged from 20-50
- Newspaper adverts and flyers in the post looking for volunters
- Their jobs ranged from unskilled to professional
- Ppt were paid on arrival- $4.50
- The ppt were told that it was a study on memory
- There was a 'rigged draw' to determine their role (always the teacher)
- A confederate played by an actor was dressed in a lab coat
- The learner was also a confedorate
- Ppt were told they could leave the study at any time.
- The learner was also a confedorate
- A confederate played by an actor was dressed in a lab coat
- There was a 'rigged draw' to determine their role (always the teacher)
- The ppt were told that it was a study on memory
- Ppt were paid on arrival- $4.50
- Their jobs ranged from unskilled to professional
- Newspaper adverts and flyers in the post looking for volunters
- the learner was strapped in a chair and wired with electrodes
- the teacher was required to give an increasingly severe shock each time the learner got a question wrong
- The shocks were not real
- The 'shock' level started at 15 and rose through 30 levels to 450 volts
- The shocks were not real
- the teacher was required to give an increasingly severe shock each time the learner got a question wrong
- When the teacher turned to the experimenter for guidance when there was absence of response:
- 'An absence of response should be treated as a wrong answer'
- If the teacher felt unsure about continuing, the experimenter used a sequence of 4 standard 'prods', which were repeated if necessary
- 1) Please continue or please go on
- 2) The experiment requires you continue
- 3) Its absolutely essential that you go on.
- 4) You have no other choice but to carry on
- Findings
- No ppt stopped below 300 volts. Only 12.5% (5ppts) stopped at 300 volts
- 65% of ppt continued to the highest level of 450 volts
- Qualitive observations
- Ppts showed signs od extreme tension
- Many ppts were seen to 'sweat tremble stutter, bite their lips, groan and grip their fingernails in to their palm
- 3 ppts had full blown uncontrollable seizures
- Prior to the study, Milgram asked 14 psychology students to predict the behaviour. They estimated that no more than 3% would continue to the full 450 volts
- All ppt were debriefed and told that their behaviour was completely normal.
- They were also sent a questionnaire after the study was completed, 84% reported that they felt glad that the took part in the study
- Ethical Issues
- Deception
- Phsical and psychological harm
- Informed conset
- 40 male American participants aged from 20-50
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