WK 10 - Perspectives on Psychology

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In Milgram's high school, who was one of his 12th grade classmates?
Philip Zimbardo
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Milgram went to Harvard to do his PhD. Who was his supervisor?
Gordon Allport
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What is Soloman Asch famous for?
His experiments demonstrating the power of conformity in social situations
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Whose study was Milgram inspired by?
Solomon Asch's Conformity Experiment
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What was Milgram’s inspiration for his obedience experiments?
The behaviour of the Nazis in WW2
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What did Milgram’s experiment focus on?
The conflict between obedience to authority & personal conscience
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In Milgram’s research, he examined justifications for what?
Acts of genocide offered by those accused at the World War II, Nuremberg War Criminal trials.
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Before Milgram’s experiment, he carried out a poll of eminent psychiatrists, Yale undergraduates, and ‘ordinary’ residents of New Haven, Connecticut. What level of shock did they say participants would stop at?
150V
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Who were the participants for Milgram's experiment?
40 males, aged between 20 & 50
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In Milgram’s experiment the participant & confederate drew straws to determine their roles – learner or teacher. What was the outcome?
It was fixed - the confederate was always the learner
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In Milgram’s experiment, every time the learner made a mistake what happened?
The teacher was told to administer an electric shock
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In Milgram’s experiment, there were 30 switches on the shock generator. What did the amount vary from?
15 volts (slight shock) to 450 (danger – severe shock)
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In Milgram’s experiment, what type of answers did the learner give?
Mainly wrong answers on purpose
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What ethical issues arose in Milgram's experiment?
All three
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In 1972, Milgram published a study on the mental maps of residents of Paris and ____?
New York
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Who was the forerunner of community psychology?
Stanley Milgram
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Who was described as a "creative genius at devising social psychology experients?"
Stanley Milgram
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