Bocchiaro

Question 1

How many participants

Answer 1

Pilot- 92
Experiment- 149
Surveyed- 138

Question 2

Aim

Answer 2

To see how many people would comply with unethical request and how many would respond by whistleblowing

Question 3

What were participants told on arrival?

Answer 3

Last study all participants panicked

Waiting to carry out similar experiment but waiting for ethical approvement

Question 4

What were the participants instructed to do

Answer 4

Write a statement to convince other students to take part in experiment
Include at least two words from
Exciting, incredible, great, superb

Question 5

What was the participant left with?

Answer 5

Computer to write statement
Mailbox
Ethics committee forms

Question 6

How was whistleblowing assessed?

Answer 6

Whether they completed an ethics form

Question 7

What dispositional measures were assessed

Answer 7

HEXACO-PI-R personality test
Decomposed Games -measure social values
Religiosity- asked about religious affiliation

Question 8

How many believed they would blow the whistle?

Answer 8

64.5%

Question 9

How many actually blew the whistle

Answer 9

9.4%

Question 10

How many obeyed

Answer 10

76.5%

Question 11

Conclusion

Answer 11

People very obedient and whistle blowing is uncommon