Bocchairo Study

Question 1

what is the backround of bocchario

Answer 1

• aim of experiment was to investigate who obeyed, disobeyed and whistleblew to people with authority
• posters were put up around Amsterdam uni ot volenteer

Question 2

what was the method for boocchairo

Answer 2

• 8 pilot studies involving 92 participants were carried out in order to be sure that the procedure was both credible and ethical
• all participants were uni students
• 149 took part in experiment (96 women and 53 men)
• 138 were surveyed about how they belived the would respond in that situation

Question 3

sample/participants in bocchairo

Answer 3

• 92 people took part in pilot studies
• 149 took part in main experimental procedure (96 women, 53 men, mean age of 20.8)
• 138 participants were surveyed on how they think they would respond in that situation

Question 3

what materials/apparatus do you need in bocchairo

Answer 3

• empty room with only one person in it
• commitee forms
• questionaire, religiosity, social values, personaloty test
• pen
• controlled laboratory experiment

Question 4

what is the procedure in bocchairo

Answer 4

• participants were left alone in a room with a computer on which to compose their statement, a mailbox and some ethical forms
• if participants believe atudy was unethical they had an option of completing a form and putting it in the mailbox
• they completed personality test, and there was a religiosity test and social values participants then debreifed
• whole procedure was around 40 mins
• 138 people were asked to estimate their obedience levels and what they thought they wouldve done in the experiment

Question 5

what were the results of bocchairo

Answer 5

• there was a dramatic difference between the estimates of obedience gethered in the second procedure and the actual rates seen in the first procedure
• only 3.6% participants believed they would obey
• 64.5% believed that they would blow whistle
• 31.9% beloeved they would disobey
• actual results: 76.5% obeyed, 14.1% disobeyed, 9.4% whistleblew

Question 6

conclusions of bocchairo

Answer 6

• people are very obedient and whistleblwing is uncomon
• people overestimate the tendency to whistle blow and understimate the likelihood of obedience
• there is little to no evidence to suggest that dispositional factors effect obedience or whistleblowing

Question 7

what are the strenghts and weaknesses of the different research methods and techniques

Answer 7

• lab study: there is no IV and you need positives and negatives

Question 8

what are the strengths and wekanesses of different types of data

Answer 8

• recorded how many people whistle blew, disobeyed and obeyed in the experiement
• the volenteers were from the same place from amsterdam university

Question 9

what are the ethical considerations

Answer 9

• very ethical
• they got debriefed at the end of the experiment
• there was no physical and psycological harm

Question 10

what validility is there in bocchairo

Answer 10

• it was ecological and internally valid
• small test (small pilot)
• was valid as student normally do test not because normally not a sensory awarness

Question 11

relability in bocchairo

Answer 11

• same exact instructions
• same time given for each participant
• same enviroment for each participant

Question 12

sampling bias for bocchairo

Answer 12

• ethnocentric - all from one particular place (all of the uni students), however students could be potentially foreign
• if sampling is bias it cannot be generalised
• mostly females

Question 13

ethnocentrismin bocchairo

Answer 13

• all students are from one place (amsterdam uni)
• however there could be foreign students and transfers attending the university