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what is a whistle blower?
someone who tells a person or organisation that something is unlawful or immoral
what options did the study provide the participants
to obey, disobey or whistle blow
what info was gathered about the participants
what values they had and the personality’s
why did they gather the information about participants?
to investigate the impact of individual factors on disobedience
how many participants was used
149
where did they get the sample from
VU uni in amsterdam
what sampling technique did they use
self selected
what did they say had happened to the previous participants
distress and damage
what did the participants have to do after being told the study caused distress and damage
write a letter to their friends encouraging them to take part
what percentage blew the whistle?
9.4%
what percentage obeyed?
76.5%
what does the study show us
that we find it difficult to resist the power of an authority figure and people behave more obediently than they think
there was no statistically significant difference between what?
the three groups in terms of the personality traits
what was the test they used for personality?
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