To investigate how obedient an individual would be to destructive orders from a person of authority.
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Why can't Milgram's study be considered a laboratory experiment?
There was no manipulated Independent Variable (IV), therefore, it can be considered to be a controlled observation.
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What was the DV? How was this operationalised?
DV - Obedience. This was operationalised into voltages and the maximum voltage was used as an indicator to measure obedience
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How was behaviour measured?
The voltage a participant went up to was noted down. Also, the behaviours of a participant were recorded.
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What was Milgram's sample?
40 men aged 20-50 from New York
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What sampling technique was used?
Participants responded to a newspaper advertisement that stated they would be paid $4.50 for turning up for the experiment.
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What roles did the two confederates play?
Mr Wallace would always be the 'learner' that the participants would administrate shocks too. A biology teacher was the stern experimenter and authority figure within the experiment.
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What percentage of participants administered the maximum voltage of 450V?
65%
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What conclusion did Milgram draw from the experiment?
People are much more obedient to destructive orders than we might expect.
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What key assumption of the social area does the Milgram study links to?
The situation and individual characteristics influence our behaviour.
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How can Milgram link into the free will vs determinism debate?
Ultimately, the stern experiment and the lab setting affected if the participants obeyed or not. Demonstrating that the participants consciously continued with the study even with knowing they were causing harm.
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How can Milgram link into the individual vs situational debate?
`Individual- would suggest individuals have an authoritarian personality. Situational- presence of stern experimenter
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Front
Why can't Milgram's study be considered a laboratory experiment?
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There was no manipulated Independent Variable (IV), therefore, it can be considered to be a controlled observation.
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