Milgram's Variation - presence of allies

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What was the aim of the study?
To test whether rate of obedience is influenced by rebellious or obedience fellow particiapnts
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How many participant were involved?
80
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What were the two conditions?
Obedient and rebellious fellow participants
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When did the rebellious stooges in condition 1 refuse to carry on shocking?
150v and 210v
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What happened in condition 2?
2 obedient confederates – gave electric shock without protest – gave criticism when ppts expressed displeasure.
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What were the results of condition 1?
15% gave full 450V – 50% stopped at 150V when 1st rebellious confederate stopped.
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What were the results on condition 2?
72.5% gave full 450V
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What do the results suggest?
Behaviour of fellow ppts influences rate of obedience – ppts had more confidence to go against authority when somebody did it first – more likely to be obedient when someone else is
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When did the rebellious stooges in condition 1 refuse to carry on shocking?

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