Who: Milgram: electric shock test
Procedure: Voleenteers asked to do a teacher, learner exercise. 2 confederates, learner and experimenter. Participant was always the teacher and adminstered the shocks. Each time the learner got a question wrong, the participant had to administer a shock. The shocks increased in 15 stages upto 450 volts. The experimenter issued prods to continue the study; 'carry on, it is essential'
Findings: 65% went to 450 volts! All went to 300 volts
Conclusions: Suggest people are obediant to authority
A02: ethical issues: psychological harm, deception,
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