Milgram- situational variables affecting obedience
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- Milgram- situational variables affecting obedience
- Fake shock study
- 40 male recruited by newspaper ad amd gave $4.50
- Two confederates: experimenter and a 47 male volunteer particitpant
- Lots were drew to see who was the teacher and who was the learner
- Rigged so the real ppts was always the teacher
- Teacher was requires to test the learner on his ability to remember word pairs. Each wrong answer = strong electrical shock
- Starting at 15 volts to 450 volts in 15 volt incremetes
- Mainly wrong answers and recieved shocks untill fell silent at 300 volts
- Pounded the wall afterwards but didnt answer.
- Verbal prods from experimenter to teacher = carry on
- Pounded the wall afterwards but didnt answer.
- P = few woud go beyond 150V and only 3% 450V
- F = 26/40 (65%) continued to 450V and all PPTs went to 300V
- Label 'Danger: severe shock at 420 and *** at 450'
- Variations
- experimenter absent - 21%
- Proximity - 40%
- Ethical issues
- Lack of concern for the wellbeing of PPTs
- Deception was used = didnt know the true aim of the study
- No form of consent was given from PPTs
- No right to withdraw
- Prods made it difficult
- No right to withdraw
- Lack of concern for the wellbeing of PPTs
- Experimenter bias
- Despite learner crying out, experimentor was always calm making PPTs think that the learner was okay
- Also paid = may have went along just for the money
- True purpose of the experiment may be disguised
- Despite learner crying out, experimentor was always calm making PPTs think that the learner was okay
- Generalisation
- Only males were used so the infomation cant be generealised to women
- Doctor study
- Unkown doctors would phone up nurses and tell them to admister drugs to patients
- This wasnt allowed yet 95% obeyed
- Drug they didnt know about
- Unkown doctors would phone up nurses and tell them to admister drugs to patients
- Fake shock study
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