Milgram's 1963 Study
Includes an APRC (aim, procedure, results and conclusion) for Milgram's original experiment
Includes a GRAVE evaluation (generalisability, reliability, application, validity and ethics) for Milgram's 1963 study
- Created by: leahclarke01
- Created on: 07-10-17 14:55
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- Milgram's 1963 Study
- Aim
- how far would people obey instructions which involved harm to another person
- Procedure
- student had to learn word pairs
- experimenter wore a lab coat
- volunteers
- 40 males
- aged between 20 and 50
- when the student made a mistake, the voltage increased
- prods
- please continue
- required to continue
- absolutely essential continue
- no other choice but to continue
- Conclusion
- ordinary people are more likely to obey orders given by an authorative figure
- people tend to obey orders if the recognise the authority as morally or legally right
- Results
- 65% continued to the highest level of 450 volts
- 35% continued to 300 volts
- Evaluation
- Generalisability
- 780 people used in total which removes anomalies
- ethnocentric as it only tested white Americans
- variation 8 tested women and achieved the saem results - 65% - so the original sample is representative
- Reliability
- few independent variables were used so it is easier to replicate
- it didn't follow standardised procedures as he was only strict about the prods in the original experiment
- the variations got different results so the study isn't representative
- Application
- it mirrors Germany in WW2 as people were eased into committing worse acts
- it proves Eichmann's mindset of 'only following orders'
- the results don't prove the hypothesis of measuring evilness
- Validity
- participants showed genuine distress
- variation 10 was in a realistic setting so people acted realistically
- it lacks ecological validity as it was an artificial task
- Ethics
- participants were deceived as they were told it was a learning experiment
- it wasn't made clear that they could withdraw as the prods forced them to carry on
- scientific understanding of obedience is important so it justifies the fresearch
- Generalisability
- Aim
- Procedure
- student had to learn word pairs
- experimenter wore a lab coat
- volunteers
- 40 males
- aged between 20 and 50
- when the student made a mistake, the voltage increased
- prods
- please continue
- required to continue
- absolutely essential continue
- no other choice but to continue
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