Milgram's Original Study
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- Milgram's Original Study
- Aim
- To find out if naïve ppts would obey orders from and authority that went against their values, specifically, to see if they would deliver electric shocks to a confederate.
- Procedure
- The volt machine ranged from 15V - 450V.
- The teacher had to read the word pairs to the learner. Every time there was an incorrect answer ppts had to give an electric shock going up 15V every time a wrong answer was given.
- Verbal prods were used to make the teacher continue carry on shocking the student. This is a standardized procedure.
- Conclusion
- Milgram concluded that ordinary people will obey immoral orders in the right situation.
- Sample
- 40 ppts, all men aged 20-50. They were recruited through volunteer sampling: Milgram posted newspaper ads and they were paid $4 for turning up to a "study of memory".
- Variables
- IV
- This is a structured observation, so there is no IV.
- DV
- Milgram measured the highest shock level each ppt would go to, treating 450V as "complete obedience".
- IV
- Results
- The ppts were obedient up until 300V
- 14 ppts dropped out of the study.
- The remaining 26 ppts (65%) carried on to 450V shock until the end.
- Aim
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