Obediance notes
- Created by: Eleanor
- Created on: 02-06-10 12:50
Obedience
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Obedience is a type of social influence where someone acts because of an order or instruction
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Research into obedience – Milgram, 1963
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Tested the hypothesis of 'Germans are different'
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He tested 40 male participants at Yale university using confederates
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Milgram fixed the situation so then the real participant would be the teacher and the confederate would be the learner
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The teacher was instructed to punish the learner with a electric shock for each incorrect answer they give. This shock increased by 15V each time up to 450V
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Milgram found that all participants continued to 300V with 65% going to 450V! This disproved the hypothesis that 'Germans are different'
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Evaluation
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Laboratory experiment → No extraneous variables → High internal validity
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Artificial setting and task → Cannot be generalised to real life → Lacks ecological validity
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Deception → So has a lack of informed consent → Ethical issues
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Why do people obey?
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Dehumanisation – If someone can distance themselves from the harm they are causing then they are more likely to continue to inflict pain
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The variation of Milgram's experiment where the…
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