1.Social Psychology Flashcards
What was the aim of milgrims study
To investigate why people act a certain way under authority
How many volunteers were in the milgrims study
40
What was the procedure milgrim
Ppts were introduced to confederate
Ppts are told that they would randomly be given role of teacher or student
Ppts are always teachers
Learner are made to learn word pair and if gotten wrong would be shock and increase every time They got it wrong
What were the prod 1
Prod 1 : please continue
What was prod 2
The experiment requires that to continue
What was prod 3
It is absolutely essential that you continue
What was prod 4
You have no other choice but to continue
What was the shock range of milgrim
15v to 450v
What were the findings of milgrims experiments
65% reached 450v
All reached 300v showing that people could obey to harm other under authority
What was the strength of milgrim
Burger study
As the results are shown in another study 70% of people in burgers study gave the maximum 150v shock showing that milgrims experiment is valid and repeatable
What is the weakness of milgrims study
Low mundane realism
As the consequences for getting a word pair wrong as getting a shock is to intense and not realistic for example If a student forget to do their homework they wouldn’t get shocked showing how the study may not apply to real life situations
What was the aim of burger study
To see if milgrims results would reoccur in a new era and to see if desire for control and empathy have an influence on obedience
What the burger do differently to milgrim
He screened out people the found the experiment distressing , people that study psychology in college , people that had anxiety and depression
He reduced the voltage range to 15v to 150v
How many participants were there in burgers study
70 partipants ( 29M/41F)
What was the procedure for burger
Ppts were introduced to confederate
Ppts told verbally they could leave at any time
Ppts and confederates sign consent forms
Ppts would give shocks when learner got word pair wrong
There played prerecorded sounds after 75v and 150v was delivered
Prods were also given to cause ppts to continue
What were the findings burger
70% of ppts went to continue after 150 volts showing that the milgrims experiment wasn’t era bound
How was internal validity a strength for burger
Burger excluded people that already knew about the milgrims experiment and those who took psychology ensures that everyone involved had no idea of the study
Showing the burger isn’t based on how good people can remember or understand the milgrims study but how obedience causes people to act
What was the aim of sherif study
To investigate if prejudice would increase due to competition
How many ppts in sherif
24 12 year old boys split into two groups
What was stage 1 of the sherif study
Team building
Boys are split into 2 groups
Developed and identity
Swim camped and made flags together
Name their groups eagles and rattlers
What was stage 2
Intergroup competition
Boys were informed about each others groups
Wanted to compete against each other
Played games like baseball tug of war
Got rewards such as pucket knives
How was prejudice behaviour show
Burning each others flags
Your not eagles ur pigeons
What was stage 3 of sherif
Cooperation
Researchers want to ease the tension between groups by making them watch movies together and eat together but prejudice didn’t decrease
But only decrease when they had to work together fixing water tanks and tug of war against a truck
What was the findings sherif study
Boys rated in group 76.8
And out group 23.2
Fix this
What is the tajfel study
Tajfel study shows almost all the boys picked giving their group 7 points and giving out group 1 point maximising the difference regardless of if they would have gotten more points with the other option.
Both group told that they were based on the preference of abstract painting.
There was no competition however prejudice still increased
What does agency theory suggest
Legitimacy of authority will always be rhe cause of obedience
What is prejudice
Preconceived opinion of another person that us often based one stereotypes
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