Milgram's Study of Destructive obedience

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  • Created on: 24-05-20 17:11
Context:Early studies of the holocaust focused on the idea.....
That german culture or personality lead to high levels of conformity
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What was the aim of the study?
To investigate how people would react to a higher authority's orders that would inflict pain on another person
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What type of experiment was it?
Laboratory
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What type of results were gathered?
Qualitative AND quantative
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What % did psychology students predict would give the full 450v?
1.2%
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What % of participants gave the full 450v??
65%
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What were four signs participants showed that presented discomfort?
Groaning,sweating,biting lips and stuttering
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What was one main conclusion drawn from the investigation?
People are much more obediant to destructive orders than we might expect
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Which is not an ethical consideration?
Participants were deceived about the amount of money they would be paid.
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What was the % of people that withdrew from giving all the shocks
35%
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What was the potencial weakness in the laboratory studies?
The realism
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The sample was easily generalised
Incorrect
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Volunteers increase representability
Incorrect
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Milgram's research had many practical application
Correct
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How many volunteers took part and what gender?
40 male volunteers
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Dispositional Hypothesis is the theory that culture or personality can lead to high levels of conformity
Correct
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What % of participants were manual workers
37.5%
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What % of volunteers were white-collar workers?
40%
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What % of volunteers were professionals?
22.5%
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