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Question 1

background

Answer 1

whistleblowers are people who report wrongdoing to higher authorities

Question 2

aims

Answer 2

oto create a situation which allowed them to see if people obeyed, disobeyed, whistle blew whilst an authority figure was encouraging immoral behaviour

to identify whether whistleblowers had distinguishable personality characteristics

Question 3

hypothesis

Answer 3

more participants will obey than in milgram’s study because there is no physical aggression involved
a lower level of whistleblowing than disobedience because it has potential for direct confrontation with the unjust authority

Question 4

sample

Answer 4

149 vu university undergraduate students (paid €7 from a flyer in cafe)

Question 5

why was there 8 pilot studies created before

Answer 5

to ensure that it was moral and credible before conducting the real thing, and ensuring there was a standardised procedure for all participants

Question 6

room 1 of the procedure

Answer 6

preliminary stage, they were greeted with a stern and well dressed experimenter who asked them to write down 5 names who could be willing to take part of the study

they were told about a sensory deprivation study previously conducted in italy, and how there were unethical after effects such as panicking and cognitive functions being temporarily impaired

they said they wanted to replicate it

they had 3 mins to think about this decision

Question 7

room 2 of the procedure

Answer 7

they were taken into a new room with a computer and could either: write a statement saying they should partake in it, or they could tick an ethics committee box and mail it

they had 7 mins to do this

Question 8

what happened in the follow up back in room 1

Answer 8

they were debriefed and were told not to discuss this to other colleagues

Question 9

what would you do scenario participants

Answer 9

138 vu university students asked to imagine this scenario

Question 10

results from what would you do scenario (whistleblowers)

Answer 10

64.5%

Question 11

results from real study (whistleblowers)

Answer 11

9.4%

Question 12

results from what would you do scenario (obedient)

Answer 12

3.6%

Question 13

results from real study (obedient)

Answer 13

76.5%

Question 14

what were the two personality inventories

Answer 14

HEXACO (honesty, emotional, extraversion, agreeability, conscientiousness and openness) and social value orientation

Question 15

personality results

Answer 15

there were no significant link between those who whistleblow and their personality

Question 16

qualitative findings

Answer 16

‘I cooperated because the experimenter asked me to.’