What year did did Milgram conduct his experiment on obedience?
1963
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How many participants were recruited for this experiment?
40 participants (all of which were male)
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What was the age range of these participants
20-50 years old
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How much were they paid for their work?
$4.00 (plus $0.50 carfare) so in total $4.50
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How were the participants recruited?
Public Announcements in newspapers and/or flyers through doors
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What were the persons needed for?
'Persons Needed for a Study of Memory'
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Where was the experiment carried out?
Yale University
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What were the three people called who took part in the experiment
Experimenter, Learner, Teacher
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What is obedience?
Obeying orders from an AUTHORITY FIGURE
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What was the minimum and maximum amount of volts that the shock generator went to?
15 Volts - Minimum, 450 Volts - Maximum
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What was the learners name?
Mr Wallace (the pieces of paper picked by the two participants always had 'Teacher' on them, Mr Wallace always needed to say learner.
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Was the study actually a study of the memory?
No, the study was actually punishment on learning (shocks given when there was a wrong answer)
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What was the name of the experimenter?
Mr Williams
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What is the correct name for the actors who played the learner and the experimenter
Stooges/Confederates
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How many shocks were given to the learner?
NONE, no shocks were actually sent through to the learner when a wrong answer was given
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Give some examples of prods from the experimenter to the teacher
'Please continue'/Please go on', 'The experiment requires that you continue', 'It is absolutely essential that you continue', 'You have no other choice - you must go on'
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What percentage/amount of the participants went to 400 Volts?
65% of participants/26 people
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What percentage/amount of the participants went to 300 Volts?
100% of participants/40 people
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When was the experiment stopped?
When all four of the verbal prods were used OR the maximum amount of volts was reached on the shock generator
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What were the participants told about the experiment after it was completed
They were told that the experiment was actually on obedience to authority figures and they were given a questionnaire to complete.
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What happened a year after the experiment?
Milgram himself rang the participants and asked whether they regretted or were happy that they took part in the experiment. Most were happy they took part, others, not so much.
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What was Milgram's rationale for conducting this study?
Milgram wanted to learn whether there was evil inside all of us after the holocaust and the extermination of the Jews. Milgram himself also came from a Jewish background.
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How many volts was the tester shock?
The tester shock was 45 Volts
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