Milgram's Studies into Obidience to Authority
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- Created on: 12-03-11 10:44
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- Milgram
Origional Study (1974)
Aim: To investigate the effects of obedience to authority.
Procedure:
- Milgram advertised in a newpaper, offering money for people to take part in a supposed "learning experiment". Participants were told that even if they left the experiment they could still keep the money.
- 40 Participants were assigned the role of "teacher" and had to administer corrective shocks to the "learner" (who was actually a confederate of the examiner) when they got an answer wrong.
- The volts ranged from 15 (marked at slight shock) to 450 (marked as danger severe shock). The shock administered by the "teacher" was raised 15v each time.
- The experimenter pressures the "teacher" to continue the experiment as the "learner" protests more and more and eventually stops responding.
- The experimenter says things such as "it is essential that you continue with the experiment".
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Findings:
- Milgram asked yale psychology students to make a prediciton as to how many participants would be willing…
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