People do what they're told in society. We have a tendency to want systems of authority.
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Milgram - aims/questions
Why do people obey authority? What are the conditions that foster obedient/independent behaviour?
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Milgram - background
Holocaust and adoption of agentic state
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Milgram - research method and why?
Milgram refers to it as a lab experiment but it was a controlled observation as there was no IV (it was a controlled observation because: one way mirror + taking notes, watching behaviour)
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Milgram - strengths and weaknesses of research method
Strengths: You can see people's real behaviour rather than what they would say they would do. Estimate of highest shock was 1.2% but actual was 65%.
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Card 2
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Why do people obey authority? What are the conditions that foster obedient/independent behaviour?
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Milgram - aims/questions
Card 3
Front
Holocaust and adoption of agentic state
Back
Card 4
Front
Milgram refers to it as a lab experiment but it was a controlled observation as there was no IV (it was a controlled observation because: one way mirror + taking notes, watching behaviour)
Back
Card 5
Front
Strengths: You can see people's real behaviour rather than what they would say they would do. Estimate of highest shock was 1.2% but actual was 65%.
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