Classic & Contemporary Studies Flashcards
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What is Social Contemporary Study ?
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Burger 2009
2
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What is the aim of this study ?
Burger 2009 Social Contemporary Sudy
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- If Milgrams findings were era bound
- Whether obedience is effected by gender
- Whether obedience is effected by personality traits
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What were the personality traits this study looked into ?
Burger 2009 Social Contemporary
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- Empathetic concern (tendency to feel compassion/sympathy)
- Desire for personal control (how motivated someone is to have control in their lives)
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What type of experiment was it ?
Burger 2009 Social Contemporary
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- Laboratory Experiment
5
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What type of design was this experiment ?
Burger 2009 Social Contemporary
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Independent measures design
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What were the pps ?
Burger 2009 Social Contemporary
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- 70 adults (29 men, 41 women)
- Ages 20-81
- 55% White/Caucasian, 4% Black/African American
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How were pps found ?
Burger 2009 Social Contemporary
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- Volunteer Sampling
- Flyers given out
8
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Procedure ?
Burger 2009 Social Contemporary
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- Pps given 15V shock at the start
- Pps were debreifed at the end, actor met learner and told shocks were not real
- Clinical psychologist was present to end the trial if signs or distress occured to pps
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What were the findings ?
- Obedience
- Empathetic Scores
- Defiance
Burger 2009 Social Contemporary
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- Obedience rate (70% )slightly lower than Milgrims (82%)
- No significant difference in obedience of women (72.7%) and men (66.7%)
- Empathy did not make a difference, defiant (19.25) and obedient (19.20)
- Defiant (106.92) pps had slightly higher desire to control than obedient (98.24)
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Conclusion ?
Burger 2009 Social Contemporary
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- Milgrims findings are not era-bound
- Lack of empathy is not a valid explanation for high obedience rates
- Desire for control does determine the liklihood of obedience
