Milgrams Experiment of Obedience

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How much did Milgram pay each participant?
$4.50
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Where did the study take place?
Yale University
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When did the study take place?
1963
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How many people took part in the original study?
40
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What were the ages of the men who participated?
20-50
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What was Milgrams hypothesis?
The degree of pain an individual is willing to inflict upon another individual just because he was ordered by an authority figure.
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What was the context of his hypothesis?
The second world war had just ended, Adolf Eichmann had just been captured and had pleaded in court that he was only following orders
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What was the unofficial question people wanted to know to do with this context?
Are the Germans Different?
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What was the highest voltage the shock generator could give?
450V
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What was the lowest voltage the shock generator could give?
15V
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What was the interval that the shock generator increased in?
15V
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What percentage of participants "shocked" the learner with 350V?
100%
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What percentage of participants "shocked" the learner with 450V?
65%
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What was the name of the learner?
Mr. Wallace
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What was the name of the experiment?
Mr. Willams
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What area were the men taken from near the university?
New Haven Area.
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How many switches were on the shock generator?
15
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How many variations were conducted by Milgram?
18
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How were the learners responses given out?
By a tape recorder played at specific times?
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At what voltage interval did the learner stop responding?
300V
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