A02 evaluation research into obedience

Question 1

What are the 4 ethical issues in obedience research

Answer 1

Deception and lack of informed consent

Right to withdraw

Protection from psych harm

Why was milgrams research subjected to so much criticism

Question 2

Talk bout deception and lack of informed consent

Answer 2

Well the participants were chives cz they weren’t told it was false shocks which also means there was a lack of informed consent but you could argue tat was ok because 74% of Pps said they learned something of personal importance

Question 3

Talk about right to withdraw

Answer 3

Weren’t given it as seen as the experiment or told them to cary on when they asked to stop

Question 4

Psychological harm

Answer 4

Some argue it placed psychological strain on them and could have caused a heart attack whilst they were giving them shocks

However baumrind found that 84 felt glad they had participated and 74 percent felt they learnt something so you could argue the psychological harm if any was justified

Question 5

Why did it recieve hostile criticism?

Answer 5

Because of its findings that suggested human can be dangerously obedient

Question 6

What are the 2 sections on the validity in obedience research

Answer 6

Realism

Generalisability

Question 7

Talk about realism

Who talked about it

Answer 7

Orne and Holland

Pps knew the study was fake. However, Milgram said that the Pps did believe it was real because of their reaction and their comments during the debrief

Question 8

Talk about Generalisability

Who talked about it

Answer 8

Hofling et al

Also found high levels of obedience in nurses

But Rank and jacobsen

found opposite in a more realistic study