Contemporary Study Burger (2009) using GRAVE

Question 1

Burger (2009)

Generalisability - Strength

Answer 1

The use of males and females and those who had different levels of education and a mix of ethnicities means the findings are more representative than Milgram (1963) who only used males.

Question 2

Burger (2009)

Reliability - Strength

Standardised Procedures (verbal prods)

Answer 2

As Burger (2009) used the same verbal prods, this enabled him to accurately replicate the procedure each time so the data can be tested for reliability.

Question 3

Burger (2009)

Ecological Validity - Weakness

Laboratory conditions

Answer 3

The laboratory conditions at the University were artificial and unnatural to the participants which means that the study has low ecological validity.

Question 4

Burger (2009)

Task Validity - Weakness

Electrocuting learners

Answer 4

Believing that they were electrocuting learners when they failed to remember word pairs is an artificial task not true of everyday life for the participants so lacks task validity.