Milgram

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  • Created on: 10-10-17 14:32
When was the study conducted?
1963
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What was the aim of the study?
To investigate how far people will go in obeying an authority figure
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What area of psychology does Milgram's study fall into?
Social area
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Why does it fall into this area?
Social approach because the results show how pressure from another
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What is the key theme?
Responses to people in authortity
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How many participants were in Milgram's study?
40 male volunteers aged between 20 and 50 were recruited by an advert in the newspaper. all were from the New Haven district of North America.
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What is the independant variable?
There is no independent variable
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What is the dependent variable?
Levels of obedience and level of voltage given
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What sampling method was used in Milgram's study?
Self-selected sample
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Where did the experiment take place?
Yale university
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What did the participants believe the study was about?
The effect punishment on learning
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What results were predicted?
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What were the actual results?
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Explain the conclusions
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What does *** stand for?
450 volts. The maximum voltage you could give
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What results were predicted?
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How was data gathered?
Through observations made by both the experimenter who was in the same room as the participant and by others who obeserved through a one way mirror.
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What was the research method?
Controlled laboratory observation
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What were the roles of the two confederates?
Experimenter - Wore a white lab coat Learner -
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How did they decide the roles of the learner and the teacher?
Slips of paper were drawn. It was fixed so the confederate was always the learner and the participant was always the teacher
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What happend if the participant tried to withdraw?
He used four different prods:
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