Expirements Flashcards
Milgram studies on obedience to authority showed that
Teachers delivered the maximum amount of shock to the learner
Milgram’s intention in conducting his study was to replicate the social situation in
Nazi German
Who did the teachers think they could blame in the Milgram experiment?
The experimenter
Who did Milgram’s original sample consist of?
40 males of different occupations
How many participants in milligrams’s experiment went all the way to 450 V
26 or 65%
A sample shock of how many volts was given to the teacher
45 V
Why did the volunteer not stop during Milgram‘s experiment?
The professor kept saying they had to continue
What did Milgram study reveal?
2/3 of all people fell into the category of obedient subjects
What was the lowest voltage that subject stopped on?
300 V
Why was the teacher shocked in Milgram’s experiment?
To make the experiment seem real
How were the roles assigned in Milgram study?
They were drawn from a hat
In Milgram study what nervous reaction was described as bizarre
Laughing
What was the aim of the Stanford prison experiment?
Does someone’s environment make them behave badly and does their role make them behave badly?
What made Zimbardo interested in doing the Stanford prison experiment?
High levels of prison brutality
Who participated in the Stanford prison experiment?
21 male students
How are participants chosen to be other prisoner or guard?
Chosen randomly by flipping a coin
What role did Zimbardo play in his experiment?
The prison superintendent
Where did the Stanford prison experiment happen?
In the basement of a university building
How did Zimbardo make the study feel real?
He had prisoners arrested from their homes
What is it called when the prisoners were made to wear caps gowns and referred to by number?
De individuation
What were the guards told to do?
They were given no instructions
What was one of the punishments they did not make the prisoners do
Have no food
How did the prisoners react at the end of the experiment?
They were depressed and submissive
How long did the Stanford prism experiment last?
Six days
Why was the Stanford prison experiment called off?
Zimbardo’s girlfriend made him stop it
What was the purpose of the little Albert experiment?
To understand the nature of fear
How old was Albert?
Nine months
What approach supports Watson study?
Behavioural
Why was the little Albert experiment unethical?
Albert nature was altered by making him fearful
