Bocchiaro Flashcards
what is the aim of this study?
understanding the individual as well as the situational nature of the variations in obedience
what is the background of this study?
aimed to replicate milgrams findings of a wide gap between peoples predictions of obedience and actual obedience
what was the method used
controlled observation
what was the sample
self selected sample
149 undergraduate students
given 7 euros or course credit
netherlands
what are the ethical considerations
debfriefed
informed consent
right to withdraw
what are the eithical issues
deception
what were the two personality tests used?
HEXACO- measured 6 personality traits (openess to experience, emotionality and extraversion)
de composed games -to measure social value orientaiton (individualistic, competitive and pro social)
what data was collected
quantatative- % of people who obeyed, disobeyed and whistle blowed
qualatative- recorded down comments made in the debriefing
what was the procedure?
given two personality tests
a comparison group
p’s were told a cover story
experimenter then told them to write a convincing statement to get people to participate and were told to use words among (superb, exciting, great, incredible)
what did the comparison group do?
provided with a description of the experimental setting and then asked “what would you do?” and “what would the average student at your uni do?”
what was the cover story?
an experimenter was investigating the effects of sensory deprivation on brain function
six participants experienced disasterous effects
two asked to leave but werent allowed
what were the contorls
comparison group
each participant was greated by a dutch experimenter who was formally dressed and had a stern demeanor
timings of leaving and entering the room were the same
what were the resullts?
- 6% predicted they would obey and 76.5% actually did obey
31. 9% predicted they would disobey and only 14.1% disobeyed
what were the conclusions?
how people think they will do in a situation often differs from what they actually do
people tend to obey authority figures even if the authority is unjust
behaving in a moral manner is challanging for people even when the reaction appears to observers as the simplest path to follow
link the study to the key theme
who- 149 undergraduates from the netherlands
what- understand the personal as well as the situational nature
how-providing a cover story and seeing if participants obey, disobey or whistleblow
findings- how people think they will do in a situation often differs from how theyll actually do
3.6% said they would obey and 76.5% actually obeyed
