Bocchiaro Flashcards
Aim of bocchiaro
To investigate how ps would respond to a dilemma with a chance to obey disobey or whistleblow
Ps of bocchiaro
Prediction task - 138 students
Main experiment - 149 students
mostly women, self-selected, VU university Amsterdam
How many pilot tests occurred before bocchiaros study
8
To test if ethical and credible
The ‘experimenter’ in bocchiaro a study was?
Male
Dutch
Stern
Bocchiaro procedure
Ps asked to write a statement to persuade students to participate in an unethical study from Rome
3 mins to think
Told to be enthusiastic and no negativity
After 7 mins stern Dutch man left
Ps could report this to the human ethics committee
Dutch man came back, ps did personality tests HEXACO = 6 personality types
Were ps in bocchiaros study debriefed
Yes!
Were ps in bocchiaros study deceived
Yes :(
Bocchiaro method
Lab
Bocchiaro IV?
No IV
What percentage of bocchiaros ps voted they would whistleblow
64.5%
How many bocchiaro ps actually whistleblew
9.4%
(6% anon)
(3.4% openly)
76.5 obeyed and 14.1 disobeyed
Bocchiaro conc.
What we think we will do and what we actually do in a situation is different
Just because you disobey doesn’t mean you whistleblow