Milgram
- Created by: Danna.Wright
- Created on: 15-04-15 21:12
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- Milgram
- investigation of the process of obedience and if ordinary people are capable of destructive behaviour due to authoritarian figures.
- advert for 500 males reduced down to 40
- yale uni - formal setting lab experiment
- teacher (shocker) and a learner (shockee) - teacher is real participant, deceived into thinking learner was participant
- 40 volunteers went to 300v - 5 then stopped then at 375v 9 more stopped and 26 went to the full voltage of 450
- after 300v learner failed to respond so was taken as a wrong answer
- if reluctant to continuing prods were used to encourage to continue
- useful - findings add to psychological knowledge and can tell us about obedience within things of the past, such as the holocaust
- deception is outweighed as the results are more valid due to no demand characteristic
- unethical - protection of participants, some had seizures which can lead to further psychological harm and long term effects
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