conformity or obedience Flashcards
1
Q
what is obedience
A
expected to follow orders that are given by someone else
2
Q
milgram 1961-63
A
wanted to explain why the holocaust happened
aim: odinary amercian men would obey injust order to inflict pain onto another
procedure:
40 male volunteers deceivd into thinking they were giving shocks
- studying ‘role of punishment in learning’
- real participant = teacher
- confederate = learner
3
Q
findings of milgram
A
preditedno more than 1% would deliver the full voltage- 450volts
- 65% did
- 100% went up to 300 volts
- rejected milgrans hypothesis that the germans were different
- 35% ignored the orders to go further
4
Q
weaknesses of milgram
A
beta bias, minimising any potential differences
