burger 2009 Flashcards
what was the aim of the study?
to investigate if people would still obey to the same extent today as they did in Milgrams original study
what two factors did burger investigate in obedience?
empathy and desire for control
where was the experiment?
at santa clara unniversty
how many participnants were there? how is this different to milgram?
29 men 41 women
milligram did not include women in his study
how old were participants
20-81
how were participants gathered?
through volunteer sampling
responded to ads in papers, online listings and flyers
how much were participants paid?
fifty dollars for two 45 minute sessions
how were participants deemed as suitable?
they went through a two stage screening process
who conducted the first screening session?
a research assistant
what happened in the first screening session?
they were asked six questions on mental health and drug/alcohol abuse
over the phone
who conducted the second stage of screening?
a clinical psychologist
what happened in the second stage of screening?
assessed empathy and desire for control through questionnaires and seem structured interview ppts were excluded if they thought they would react negatively
why were ppts excluded from stage 1 in screening?
if they answered yes to any of the questions
what two conditions were included and how were ppts assigned?
basline condition
modelled refusal
how were participants signed to conditions?
through random allocation
what happened to in the baseline condition?
- 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
at what level schools were grunts heard?
75
150 complains he has chest pains
how many questions were given to learner?
25
what was the modelled refusal condition?
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
in modelled refusal what does confed say at 90v?
i don’t know about this
in MR when does the confed stop?
at 90v
in MR how many confeds are there?
2
what are the two measures burger uses?
he measures individual differneces in obedience through
interpersonal reactivity index - empathy
desirability of control scale - desire
what % continued to 150 in BC?
70
what % continued to 150 in MR?
63.3
what were the results of empathy and desire for control?
in baseline condition there was slightly higher desire for control for those who stopped
what was found about gender?
no difference
what was concluded?
- seeing someone refuse has no effect
- same situational factors for obedience are around today
- situaton outweighs peronslaity
what were the ethical measures put in place?
- screening
- 15v test shocks
- told they could withdraw three times
- experimenter was a clinical psycholigist
what % went to 150 in mailgram?
82.5%
