Bocchiaro Flashcards
How does Bocchiaro link to the social area
It investigate if there were any personality differences
distinguishing those who were obedient, disobedient or prepared to be whistle-blowers, it challenges a purely social approach to explaining behaviour and does consider individual explanations
What were the conclusions in bocchiaros study?
- There was bi difference in personality between those who obeyed, disobeyed or blew the whistle / situational factors explain disobedience
- Estimation of one’s own behaviour and the behaviour of others are widely inaccurate to how people actually behave
What are the findings to Bocchiaros study?
“What would you do”
3.6% =obey
64.5%=blow the whistle
31.9%=disobey
“what would the adverage student do?”
18.8%=obey
37.3%=blow the whistle
43.9%=disobey
study
76.5%=obey
9.4%=blow the whistle
14.1%=disobey
Why were pilot studies carried out?
They were conducted to ensure the procedure was credible and
morally acceptable. These tests also served to standardise the experimenter-authority behaviour throughout the experi
What was the sample to Bocchiados study?
Undergraduates from Vu University of Amsterdam, 149 (96W 53M) with a mean age of 20.8 years who volunteered through a flyer posted in the University cafeteria
What was the procedure to Bocchiaros study?
First the 138 undergraduates were asked about the study. 8 piglet studies were carried out with 92 undergraduates which lasted 40 minutes. Participants had informed concent, signed a concent form and had right to withdraw. The experimenter was a Dutch man who was formally dressed with a stern demeanour and proceeded with a request for ppts to provide a few names of fellow students and presented a cover story about sensory deprivation. The experimenter left the room for three minutes to allow participants to reflect on the action-based decisions they were about to make, Participants were then moved to a second room where there was a computer for them to use to write their statement, a mailbox and the
Research Committee forms. Participants were told to be enthusiastic when writing their statements and had to use two adjectives among “exciting”, “incredible”, “great” and
“superb”. Negative effects of sensory deprivation were not to be mentioned. The experimenter told participants to begin and left the room for 7 minutes. If a participant believed the proposed research on sensory deprivation violated ethical norms he/she could anonymously challenge it by putting a form in the mailbox.
Describe the method used in Bocchiaros study?
Laboratory Experiment though there was no IV. Conducted in a lab at Vu University and two rooms were specifically prepared and timings were standardised for every participant.DV was the participants obeying, disobeying and blowing the whistle.
What is the HEXACO-PI-R personality inventory?
Was used to access 6 basic personality traits by rating their agreement to 60 statements
-honesty
-emotionality
-extraversion
-agreeableness
-conscientiousness
-openness to experience
what is the aim to Bocchiaros study?
To investigate the rates of obedience and to find out what tube of people disobey or blow the whistle and if there were personal characteristics that differ them from those who obey
What is the background to Bocchiaros study?
Mgrams research was very influential in the field of social psychology,Bocchiaro wanted to see how far people would obey disobey or whistle blow
what are the decomposed game measure?
used to access how much importance a person places on the welfare of another person in relation to their own welfare.
