Milgram (1963)

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  • Created on: 14-03-18 11:23

Milgram (1963)

Advantages

  • Successfully shows how obedience works.
  • Random selection - people volunteered.
  • Offered psychological help after.
  • Controlled variables.
  • Classic study.
  • Real world applications.
  • Easy to repeat.

Disadvantages

  • Participants were being deceived.
  • Gender biased.
  • Couldn't withdraw when they wanted to.
  • Psychological harm.
  • Lacks ecological validity.
  • Lacks experimental validity.
  • Ethics.

Evaluation

In conclusion, Milgram's study was completely unethical and showed no ecological or experimental validity, but it still met Milgram's aim and proved that authority has an effect on how someone behaves.

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