Bocchiaro

Question 1

What was bocchiaro investigating

Answer 1

The rate of whistleblowing when given an unethical assignment

Question 2

Describe the sample in bocchiaros study

Answer 2

149 participants
96 women
53 men

Question 3

How were the participants gathered?

Answer 3

Through self selection. Participants responded to a flier

Question 4

Describe the procedure in bocchiaros experiment

Answer 4

• participants saw a flier
• they then signed a consent form
• they were told the story about how the test they were trying to get participants for causes harmful hallucinations. Then told they had to write an email to gather participants
• they wrote the email, but there was a box in the room for complaints about their task
• the participants then took a personality test
• the participants were then debriefed

Question 5

How many participants obeyed the experimenters?

Answer 5

114/ 76.5%

Question 6

How many participants disobeyed the experimenters?

Answer 6

21/ 14.1%

Question 7

How many participants blew the whistle?

Answer 7

14/ 9.4%

Question 8

Conclusions

Answer 8

• People tend to obey authorities figures, even if the authority is unjust
• there is little evidence that personality effects obedience or whistleblowing
• people with strong religious faith blow the whistle more

Question 9

Identify strengths of the procedure

Answer 9

• procedure was very standardised
• procedure was FAIRLY ethical
• fairly large sample consisting of both males and females

Question 10

What types of data was gathered in this study

Answer 10

Both quantitative and qualitative

Question 11

Give an ethical issue with the study

Answer 11

The participants were lied to about the purpose of the study. Only after were they told the truth behind the experiment (deception)

Question 12

Give similarities between bocchiaros study and milgrams study

Answer 12

• both were considered controlled observations, not experiments
• both studies had unethical attributes
• both samples were lied to to gain more natural results
• both took place in universities
• both looking at dispositional attributes in relation to authority
• both studies gathered qualitative and quantitative data

Question 13

Give differences between bocchiaros study and milgrams study

Answer 13

• Bocchiaros study used men and women, milgrams study used only men
• the experimenters in bocchiaros study had less contact with the participants