Comparing Milgram and Bocciaro et al.'s Studies.

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	Comparing Milgram and Bocciaro et al.'s Studies.
	Similarities Investigated obedience to direct orders that would harm others. Both studies are about social psychology, specifically the obedience to commit acts that go against the moral codes. Laboratory procedures with a single condition. Both were described by authors as experimental, although they only had one single condition. Involved the experimenter giving the participant an instuction. Samples recruited using an advert. Collected quantitative data in the form of obedience rates. Obedience was the dependent variable, both involved collecting quantitative data.	Differences Ethically controversial study. - Milgram. Involved direct orders to commit an act of physical violence, this was an attempt to understand the role of destructive obedience during the Holocaust. All-male volunteer sample. - Milgram. Could be quite biased, doesn't show a real representation of the population. Advert placed in a newspaper. Adults aged 20 to 50 and from a variety of occupations. Additional measures were qualitative, including observations and transcripts. - Milgram Applicable to real-world atrocities. - Milgram. Used for exactly this purpose by the International Criminal Court. Researchers used elaborate ethical safeguards. -Bocchiaro et al. Concerned more with everyday situations, in which people comply with unethical instructions. Ordered to write a letter. Mixed-sex volunteer sample. - Bocciaro et al. Advert placed in a student cafeteria. Only undergraduate students with a much younger mean age and a smaller range compared to Milgrams. Additional measures were quantitative. - Bocciaro et al. Including personality traits and value orientations. Applicable to whistle-blowing in the work place. - Bocciaro et al. More relevant to understanding more everyday injustice such as that in the workplace.
	Overall comparison The overall similarities of both Milgram and Bocchiaro et al.'s studies on obedience include them both being classed as social psychology and investigating the obedience to commit acts that go against the moral codes. Both of the studies are laboratory procedures with a single condition and the authors described them both as experimental. They were both recruited using an advert and they both collected quantitative data.The differences overall include: Milgrams study being far more ethically controversial, using an all-male volunteer sample, additional measures were qualitative and applicable to real-world atrocities. Whereas Bocciaro et al.'s study used elaborate ethical safeguards, used a mixed-sex sample, more additional measures were taken but these were quantitative and it was applicable to whistle-blowing in the workplace.

Comparing Milgram and Bocciaro et al.'s Studies.

Similarities

Investigated obedience to direct orders that would harm others. Both studies are about social psychology, specifically the obedience to commit acts that go against the moral codes.
Laboratory procedures with a single condition. Both were described by authors as experimental, although they only had one single condition. Involved the experimenter giving the participant an instuction.
Samples recruited using an advert.
Collected quantitative data in the form of obedience rates. Obedience was the dependent variable, both involved collecting quantitative data.

Differences

Ethically controversial study. - Milgram. Involved direct orders to commit an act of physical violence, this was an attempt to understand the role of destructive obedience during the Holocaust.
All-male volunteer sample. - Milgram. Could be quite biased, doesn't show a real representation of the population. Advert placed in a newspaper. Adults aged 20 to 50 and from a variety of occupations.
Additional measures were qualitative, including observations and transcripts. - Milgram
Applicable to real-world atrocities. - Milgram. Used for exactly this purpose by the International Criminal Court.
Researchers used elaborate ethical safeguards. -Bocchiaro et al. Concerned more with everyday situations, in which people comply with unethical instructions. Ordered to write a letter.
Mixed-sex volunteer sample. - Bocciaro et al. Advert placed in a student cafeteria. Only undergraduate students with a much younger mean age and a smaller range compared to Milgrams.
Additional measures were quantitative. - Bocciaro et al. Including personality traits and value orientations.
Applicable to whistle-blowing in the work place. - Bocciaro et al. More relevant to understanding more everyday injustice such as that in the workplace.

Overall comparison

The overall similarities of both Milgram and Bocchiaro et al.'s studies on obedience include them both being classed as social psychology and investigating the obedience to commit acts that go against the moral codes. Both of the studies are laboratory procedures with a single condition and the authors described them both as experimental. They were both recruited using an advert and they both collected quantitative data.The differences overall include: Milgrams study being far more ethically controversial, using an all-male volunteer sample, additional measures were qualitative and applicable to real-world atrocities. Whereas Bocciaro et al.'s study used elaborate ethical safeguards, used a mixed-sex sample, more additional measures were taken but these were quantitative and it was applicable to whistle-blowing in the workplace.

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Comparing Milgram and Bocciaro et al.'s Studies.