Studies of Obedience 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyobedienceASAQA Created by: chickpeatweetCreated on: 15-02-15 14:12 Milgram's aim Investigate the extent to which ordinary people obey orders when it involves harming an innocent person 1 of 15 Milgram's sample 40 males aged 20-40 from New Haven, America. No record of aggression and from range of professions 2 of 15 Milgram's findings 100% continued to 300 volts when man knocked on wall. 65% carried on to highest 450 volts 3 of 15 Milgram - Protection of Pps example Pps were visibly distressed - sweating, pleading, 3 had seizures 4 of 15 Milgram - Protection of Pps, his defence He thoroughly debriefed them afterwards and made sure they were okay for some time after. Many said they were glad they'd taken part 5 of 15 Milgram - Protection of Pps comment No ethical guidelines at the time, were introduced based on studies like his, so he had no reason not to. Predicted a much lower obedience rate 6 of 15 Milgram - low ecological validity (mundane realism) example Conducted in a lab and does not reflect real life situations as was artificial. 7 of 15 Milgram - low ecological validity defense The physical distress displayed by Pps showed they thought it was real so it has experimental relaism 8 of 15 Milgram - low ecological validity comment Obedience in real world demonstrated by Hofling when nurses obeyed dangerous instructions 9 of 15 Milgram - sample bias example Only used males from the New Haven area. Can't be generalised to females or people from different cultures 10 of 15 Milgram - sample bias comment Included people from lots of professions and replicated experiment later for females and different cultures 11 of 15 Sheridan and King - procedure Pps gave real shocks to a puppy to train it, increasing voltage. After a while anesthetic sent it to sleep, asked to carry on shocking 12 of 15 Sheridan and King - findings 75% continued to highest shock 13 of 15 Hofling - procedure 22 nurses working in different hospitals got a call from unknown dr to give overdose of fake drug to a patient 14 of 15 Hofling - findings 21/22 nurses obeyed 15 of 15
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