Obedience - Milgram

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  • Obedience - Milgram (1963, 1974)
    • Conducted a classical experiment on obedience.
      • Used the cover story that he was conducting an experiment to investigate the effects of punishment on learning.
    • One teacher (real participant), one learner (confederate), both male, asked to complete a paired association learning task.
      • Learner strapped to an 'electric chair' that was allegedly attached to a shock generator in an adjacent room.
    • Shock generator: 30 switches, marked with voltage that ranged from 15-450V, with 15 volt increments from one switch to the next.
      • Participants were instructed to give a shock to the learner each time he gave a wrong response and to increase the shock level by one each time.
    • The authority figure gave a series of prompts in order when participants refused to continue.
      • 1. "Please continue" or "Please go on."
      • 2. "The experiment requires that you continue."
      • 3. "It is absolutely essential that you continue."
      • "You have no other choice, you must go on."
    • Dependent measure: maximum shock administered before the participant refused to continue.

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