Milgram 1963 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyMilgramA2/A-levelAll boards Created by: Bham369Created on: 09-02-18 12:18 Procedure Put an advert in Newhaven Journal for middle class males aged 20-50 with a $4.50 incentive PP had to go to Yale uni psychology department Met Mr Wallace (stooge) who was an accountant, 46 with a heart condition Chose teaher and student (told study was on learning) Fixed Mr W as student Saw Mr W strapped into electric chair Voltage went from 15 V - 450 V (***) in 15's 1 of 7 Procedure PP given a list of word pairs Mer W had to remember them If he got them wrong he would be given a shock Shock increased each time At 300 V he banged on the wall and complained After that he simply complained If PP wanted to stop they would be given 4 scripted prods Prod 1: Please continue. Prod 2: The experiment requires you to continue. Prod 3: It is absolutely essential that you continue. Prod 4: You have no other choice but to continue. 2 of 7 Procedure After the experiment PP was told true aims of study Met Mr W to see he was OK 3 of 7 Results Quantitative: At 300 V (when Mr W shouted and banged on the wall) some PP reused to continue 14 showed nervous laughter 3 haf full blown uncontrollable seirures 1 had to stop due to violent convulsions 26 out of 40 (65%) went to 450 V Qualitative: Before study 14 Yale uni psychology students predicted only 0-3% would administor 450 V 4 of 7 Methodology A Lab experiment with an indepenant measures design It was a controlled observation 5 of 7 Conclusions Explains why Hitler was allowed to do what he did When a person you see as authority tells you to do something you will do it Especially if they look the part/are in uniform 6 of 7 Evaluation Unethical as it caused both physical and psychological harm to the participant Only men were used making it androcentric Ethnocentric as participants were only from the US Doesn't full explain why they did it Low ecological validity as it was not done in a natural setting/situation and was in lab setting Partcipant coud have worked out the true aims of the study (Please-you/Screw-you effect) Has many social implications 7 of 7
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