Expirements Flashcards

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Milgram studies on obedience to authority showed that

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Teachers delivered the maximum amount of shock to the learner

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Milgram’s intention in conducting his study was to replicate the social situation in

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Nazi German

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Who did the teachers think they could blame in the Milgram experiment?

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The experimenter

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4
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Who did Milgram’s original sample consist of?

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40 males of different occupations

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5
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How many participants in milligrams’s experiment went all the way to 450 V

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26 or 65%

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6
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A sample shock of how many volts was given to the teacher

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45 V

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Why did the volunteer not stop during Milgram‘s experiment?

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The professor kept saying they had to continue

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What did Milgram study reveal?

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2/3 of all people fell into the category of obedient subjects

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What was the lowest voltage that subject stopped on?

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300 V

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10
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Why was the teacher shocked in Milgram’s experiment?

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To make the experiment seem real

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11
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How were the roles assigned in Milgram study?

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They were drawn from a hat

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12
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In Milgram study what nervous reaction was described as bizarre

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Laughing

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13
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What was the aim of the Stanford prison experiment?

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Does someone’s environment make them behave badly and does their role make them behave badly?

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14
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What made Zimbardo interested in doing the Stanford prison experiment?

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High levels of prison brutality

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15
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Who participated in the Stanford prison experiment?

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21 male students

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16
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How are participants chosen to be other prisoner or guard?

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Chosen randomly by flipping a coin

17
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What role did Zimbardo play in his experiment?

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The prison superintendent

18
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Where did the Stanford prison experiment happen?

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In the basement of a university building

19
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How did Zimbardo make the study feel real?

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He had prisoners arrested from their homes

20
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What is it called when the prisoners were made to wear caps gowns and referred to by number?

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De individuation

21
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What were the guards told to do?

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They were given no instructions

22
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What was one of the punishments they did not make the prisoners do

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Have no food

23
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How did the prisoners react at the end of the experiment?

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They were depressed and submissive

24
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How long did the Stanford prism experiment last?

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Why was the Stanford prison experiment called off?
Zimbardo’s girlfriend made him stop it
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What was the purpose of the little Albert experiment?
To understand the nature of fear
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How old was Albert?
Nine months
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What approach supports Watson study?
Behavioural
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Why was the little Albert experiment unethical?
Albert nature was altered by making him fearful