Psycholgy Mildram
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- Created on: 07-02-22 09:22
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- Milgram
- What is the key theme of this study?
- Responses to people in authority and destructive obediance
- what was the aim of the study?
- to investigate how obedient people would be to take orders from a person in authority that would result in pain and harm to another person
- What was the Dependant Variable and how was it operationalised
- It was the obedience and it was operationalised as the maximum voltage given in the responses to the orders
- Who were the participants?
- forty men aged 20-50 all from the new haven area in north America
- Outline ONE conclusion from this study
- The majority of people are willing to obey destructive orders despite the expectation that they may not be
- How were the participants recruited
- A newspaper advertisement They were promised $4.50 for their time
- What type of sample were they?
- volunteer / self - selected
- What were the results of Milgram's study
- Qualitative and Quantitative data
- What was the Quantitative data gathered?
- The average voltage given by participants was 368V. 100% of participants gave 300V or more; 65% gave the full 450V.
- What signs of tension did P's show ?
- Groaning , Sweating, stuttering and 3 P's had a seizure
- Unethical
- Groaning , Sweating, stuttering and 3 P's had a seizure
- Outline another conclusion
- People experience a conflict between obeying authority and not wanting to harm people
- Give the percentage of Participants giving 450V
- 45%
- Why was the sample biased?
- All male from the geographical area
- Once the teacher and learner were in different rooms what happened?
- The participant read out word pairs to the learner. Each time the learner made a mistake, the experimenter ordered the teacher to administer a shock, each time increasing by 15V.
- What is the key theme of this study?
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