burger 2009

Question 1

what was the aim of the study?

Answer 1

to investigate if people would still obey to the same extent today as they did in Milgrams original study

Question 2

what two factors did burger investigate in obedience?

Answer 2

empathy and desire for control

Question 3

where was the experiment?

Answer 3

at santa clara unniversty

Question 4

how many participnants were there? how is this different to milgram?

Answer 4

29 men 41 women

milligram did not include women in his study

Question 5

how old were participants

Answer 5

20-81

Question 6

how were participants gathered?

Answer 6

through volunteer sampling

responded to ads in papers, online listings and flyers

Question 7

how much were participants paid?

Answer 7

fifty dollars for two 45 minute sessions

Question 8

how were participants deemed as suitable?

Answer 8

they went through a two stage screening process

Question 9

who conducted the first screening session?

Answer 9

a research assistant

Question 10

what happened in the first screening session?

Answer 10

they were asked six questions on mental health and drug/alcohol abuse
over the phone

Question 11

who conducted the second stage of screening?

Answer 11

a clinical psychologist

Question 12

what happened in the second stage of screening?

Answer 12

assessed empathy and desire for control through questionnaires and seem structured interview ppts were excluded if they thought they would react negatively

Question 13

why were ppts excluded from stage 1 in screening?

Answer 13

if they answered yes to any of the questions

Question 14

what two conditions were included and how were ppts assigned?

Answer 14

basline condition

modelled refusal

Question 15

how were participants signed to conditions?

Answer 15

through random allocation

Question 16

what happened to in the baseline condition?

Answer 16

• ppts brought into room by lab assitand and introduced to experimenter
• confedertae entered one min after
• ppt told the procedure(25 multiple choice questions)
• given a test shock of 15v
• 4 verbal prods given

Question 17

at what level schools were grunts heard?

Answer 17

75

150 complains he has chest pains

Question 18

how many questions were given to learner?

Answer 18

25

Question 19

what was the modelled refusal condition?

Answer 19

same rules as the baseline condition

• 2 confederates (one learner and one teacher)
• confed is told to do the shocks but shows hesitation at first shock
• at 90 v says ‘i don’t know about this’ and refused to go on
• ppt then told they have to do shocks
• confed sits in background

Question 20

in modelled refusal what does confed say at 90v?

Answer 20

i don’t know about this

Question 21

in MR when does the confed stop?

Answer 21

at 90v

Question 22

in MR how many confeds are there?

Answer 22

2

Question 23

what are the two measures burger uses?

Answer 23

he measures individual differneces in obedience through
interpersonal reactivity index - empathy
desirability of control scale - desire

Question 24

what % continued to 150 in BC?

Answer 24

70

Question 25

what % continued to 150 in MR?

Answer 25

63.3

Question 26

what were the results of empathy and desire for control?

Answer 26

in baseline condition there was slightly higher desire for control for those who stopped

Question 27

what was found about gender?

Answer 27

no difference

Question 28

what was concluded?

Answer 28

• seeing someone refuse has no effect
• same situational factors for obedience are around today
• situaton outweighs peronslaity

Question 29

what were the ethical measures put in place?

Answer 29

• screening
• 15v test shocks
• told they could withdraw three times
• experimenter was a clinical psycholigist

Question 30

what % went to 150 in mailgram?

Answer 30

82.5%