Milgrams variations
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- Created on: 27-10-20 10:09
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- Milgram's variations
- variation 5 - Increasing Realism
- set out to measure situational factors that may encourage dissent
- More modest lab, Mr Wallace mentioned he had a heart condition, ppt heard pre recorder learners scream- as many thought ppt knew shocks won't real- this aimed to increase moral strain
- found exact same result 65%, showing validity of experiment
- More modest lab, Mr Wallace mentioned he had a heart condition, ppt heard pre recorder learners scream- as many thought ppt knew shocks won't real- this aimed to increase moral strain
- set out to measure situational factors that may encourage dissent
- variations 10 - run down office block
- many ppt said university led to trusting experimenter
- - shopping district Bridgeport, run down office block, near Yale, were told this was a study run by private firm + research for industry
- results 47.5% obedience , transcript show ppt fear for learner safety + questioned legitimacy of research
- conclusion prestigious location was important situational factor that affected level of obedience, shabby setting decreased legitimacy of researcher, fact it was 'scientific ' research enough to encourage high levels of obedience
- vartion 7- telephonic instruction
- gave orders over phone
- results -22.5% obedience
- m any lied over phone, said shocking but were not, usually administered lowest shock
- ppt found easy to disobey, but became obedient when research her in room
- conclusion - physical presence of authority figure is important situational factor that increases obedience and decreases dissent
- Evaluation- has been replicated finding similar results
- sedikides +Jackson 1990 New York zooo, tested when AF not present, obedience dropped
- showing Milgrams results on proximity generalise well to naturalistic situations
- sedikides +Jackson 1990 New York zooo, tested when AF not present, obedience dropped
- variation 13 ordinary man gives orders
- aim- would people obey due to strength of command or status of person giving command
- procedure
- when ppt arrive 2 confederates, not 1 (learner /recorder),
- mr William/researcher gets call, flustered, leaves and asks (confederate) to get learner to learn word pair
- recorder enthustaticallysuggest to administer shock, to increase 15 v each time wrong
- mr William/researcher gets call, flustered, leaves and asks (confederate) to get learner to learn word pair
- when ppt arrive 2 confederates, not 1 (learner /recorder),
- results 20% obedience
- conclusion shows order must come from legitimate source to be effective, important situational factor may encourage dissent
- evaluation - lacks internal validity, was awkward - hard to achieve orders coming from person w/ no legitimate authority
- Obedience levels may be lower when person give order is unrelated to authority figure or institution
- overall evaluation- 900 ppt, over many months, could be people discussed shocks weren't real
- may have jeopardised- validity of results as ppt acted in way thought was expected of them, not natural, demand characteristics
- variation 5 - Increasing Realism
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