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6. What was the percentage obedience when Milgram's 1974 experiment was moved to run down offices rather than Yale?

  • 92.5%
  • 47.5%
  • 45%
  • 10%

7. What is being described? - "Experiencing anxiety because you are asked to do something which goes against your moral judgement."

  • Socialisation
  • Moral Strain
  • Autonomous State
  • Agentic State

8. Why does Burger (2008) have potential ethical issues?

  • There was a long time period between the end of the experiment and debriefing
  • He deceived ppts
  • He did gain informed consent

9. Was informed consent given for the boy's participation in the Robber's Cave experiment?

  • Parents were informed and gave informed consent
  • Parents weren't informed and didn't give informed consent

10. Can culture influence obedience?

  • There is no evidence to show it's impact
  • Culture has little or even no effect as is evident in many studies, such as Blass (2012)
  • Often
  • Culture has a large impact as is evident in many studies, such as Blass (2012)

11. What is obedience?

  • The process by which we learn the norms and rules of society
  • The state of acting as an agent
  • A form of social influence where the behaviour of an individual is influenced by a real or imagined pressure from another
  • Acting on one's own free will

12. What is another factor influencing obedience?

  • Health
  • Situation
  • Time of day

13. What is the target? (Social Impact Theory)

  • The source
  • The individual(s) being impacted upon by the source(s)
  • The source(s) being impacted upon by the target(s)
  • Everybody

14. Personality can affect obedience. What is it?

  • Personality refers to someone’s unique and stable responses to a situation
  • Personality refers to someone’s situation
  • Personality refers to someone’s attitude to a situation
  • Personality refers to someone’s unstable responses

15. Were participant's in Burger (2008) given the right to withdraw?

  • Yes - the participants were warned 3 times in writing that they could withdraw at any point
  • Yes - the participants were warned 9 times that they could withdraw at any point
  • No - the participants weren't warned that they could withdraw at any point and were given verbal prompts to continue
  • This wasn't a consideration at any point

16. What percentage of participants were found to obey authority in Milgram's 1974 experiment?

  • 63%
  • 65%
  • 45%
  • 80%

17. What did Burger (2008) conclude?

  • Burger concluded that Milgram’s results still stand half a century later. People are still influenced by situational factors to obey an authority figure, even if it goes against their moral values.
  • Burger concluded that Milgram's results didn't stand today as people are less obedient to authority
  • Burger concluded that empathy had an impact on obedience

18. Does the number of targets present influence the impact of the source? (Social Impact Theory)

  • Possibly
  • Yes
  • No
  • Rarely

19. What factor can lead to an increase in social force? (Social Impact Theory)

  • The number of source(s)
  • The weather
  • The number of target(s)
  • The time of day

20. What was the aim of the Robber's Cave experiment?

  • To test empirically if physiologically adequate intakes of vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids cause a reduction in antisocial behaviour
  • To see whether it’s possible to instil prejudice between two similar groups by putting them in competition with each other when competing for limited resources
  • To look at the effect of environment on behaviour
  • To research how far people would go in obeying an instruction if it involved harming another person