Milgram's obedience study
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- Created on: 18-04-19 10:32
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- Milgram (1963) Obedience study
- Aim
- To investigate whether individuals would obey even if commands go against moral code
- To test the "Germans are different" hypothesis
- Procedure
- 40 American males aged 20-50
- Experimenter in grey lab coat
- Shock goes up 15V for each question
- Results
- 65% went up to the full 450V
- 100% went up to 300V
- PPs showed distress (twitching and sweating), 3 PPs have seizures
- Evaluation
- Provided an explanation as to why people blindly obey
- Artificial setting so can't be related to real life
- Gender bias and lacks population validity and so can't generalise
- Standardised procedures so can be replicated, improves reliability and validity
- Ethical concerns; distress, deception, no right to withdraw
- Aim
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