Social Study In Detail - Milgram (1965)
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Title:
Liberating Effects Of Groups Pressure
Author:
Stanley Milgram
Aim:
To test whether the rate of obedience in the Milgram procedure would be affected by witnessing rebellious or obedient fellow participants.
Sample:
80 male participants aged 20-50 years matched for age and occupation with those in the original study.
Procedure:
Participants took part in one of two conditions, either with an obedient stooge (Group 1) or a rebellious stooge (Group 2). In Group 1, the participant worked with two rebellious stooges, one refusing to go further than 150v and the other stopped at 210v. In Group 2 the participant worked with obedient stooges who gave shocks without protest and offered mild rebukes when the participant expressed displeasure with the procedure. Milgram’s original group served as a control.
Results:
In Milgram’s original study, all participants gave at least 300v and 26 (65%) gave 450v.
In the rebellious stooge condition 50% refused to continue past150v and only 6/40 (15%) gave the full 450v.
In the obedient stooge condition 29 participants (72.5%) went to 450v.
Conclusions:
The behaviour of fellow participant’s made a difference to the rates of obedience. The presence of rebellious stooges had a much larger effect on participants than that of the obedient ones; the majority felt able to refuse order once one or both the others had done so. Situation rather…
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