Bocchiaro

Question 1

Give the definition of whistle blowing

Answer 1

Informing authorities about unethical practice, in particular unethical professional practice

Question 2

What was the main aim of bocchiaros study ?

Answer 2

To investigate the rates of obedience, disobedience and whistleblowing in a situation where no physical violence was involved, but quite clear the instructions were ethically wrong

Question 3

Where were all the participants from in bocchiaros study?

Answer 3

VU University of Amsterdam

Question 4

How many participants were there in the main study of bocciaros study?

Answer 4

• 149
• 96 women
• 53 men
• mean age 20.8

Question 5

Describe the sampling method used in bocchiaros study

Answer 5

• volunteer sampling

- a flyer was put up in the university cafeteria

Question 6

give the assumptions of the social area of psychology

Answer 6

• the social context, such as actual, imagined presence of others, impacts on how people behave
• individual behaviour is affected by situational factors, for example the environment we find ourselves in

Question 7

whats the key theme of bocciaros study?

Answer 7

responses to people in authority

Question 8

what was the iv in Bocciaro’s study?

Answer 8

there wasnt one

Question 9

what was the dv in Bocciaro’s study?

Answer 9

obedience, disobedience, whistleblowing

Question 10

what was the design of Bocciaro’s study?

Answer 10

-controlled observation in a lab setting

Question 11

give a strength of using a lab experiment in Bocciaro’s study

Answer 11

a strength of a lab experiment is the highly standardised setting it eliminates extraneous variables,
Bocchiaro controlled the amount of time left alone and the same cover story,
this makes it replicable increasing the reliability of the study.