Milgram
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- Created on: 12-04-16 10:08
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- MILGRAM
- controlled observation
- reliable and replicable
- laboratory style
- high control of extraneous variabls
- lacked mundane realism
- participants
- 40 male participants, aged 20 - 50 from New Haven area
- obtained from newspaper article offering $4.50 for participation
- un-representative self selecting sample
- small sample size - hard to generalise
- obtained from newspaper article offering $4.50 for participation
- 40 male participants, aged 20 - 50 from New Haven area
- results
- 100% continued to 300 volts
- 26/40 65% continued to end 450 volts
- 26 obeyed and 14 disobeyed
- conclusions
- inhumane acts can be done by ordinary people
- people obey those who they consider legitimate authority
- individual differences e.g. personality influence the extent of obedience
- ethics
- considerable stress
- health risks - 3 people had seizures
- didn't obtain consent
- no right to withdraw
- payments made people feel obliged
- verbal prods
- full debrief given afterwards
- considerable stress
- validity
- low ecological validity
- lacks mundane realism
- situation respected
- reliability
- results are consistent
- easy to replicate
- controlled observation
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