Burger

Question 1

background info

Answer 1

• interested in whether people would obey an authoritative figure
• believed that his study would produce similar findings to Milgram
• adapted his research to adhere to ethical guidelines and limit distress to participants
• wanted to look at gender differences in obedience

Question 2

aims

Answer 2

• replicate Milgram in an ethical way and investigate if there’s a difference between Milgrams baseline and 2009 Burger
• investigate if personality influenced individual differences or if it’s just situational factors
• investigate if observing someone refusing to obey influenced obedience
• to see whether Milgrams findings were era bound, affected by gender,empathy or desire to control

Question 3

sample

Answer 3

• 29 men
• 41 women
• mean age = 41.9
• age = 20-81yrs
• promised $50 for 2, 45 minute sessions
• independent groups design

Question 4

procedure - selecting participants

Answer 4

initially screened to :
- check no one was familiar with Milgram
- screen out anyone who had taken 2+ psychology lessons
- age job education and ethnicity questioned
- an anxiety hierarchy used to assess state of mind
- clinical psychologist did structured interview
- self report method

Question 5

what did the clinical psychologists structured interview consist of

Answer 5

• screening out anyone who would respond negatively to the study
• 38.2% of remainder was still paid in full

Question 6

self report method

Answer 6

questionnaire measuring participants empathetic concern for others and desire for personal control

Question 7

what happened after the screening process

Answer 7

6 participants dropped out with 5 admitting to knowing Milgrams study and 1 not attending to follow