Gender + Obedience Flashcards
Gender + Obedience
there is not a sig diff 1
Milgram 1963 Exp 8
During MG 1963 experiment 8 which was exactly the same procedure as as normal 1963 procedure except for the participants instead of being 40 men were 40 women
Despite this in both men and women studies they all shocked the learner up to 450v 65% went to the full shock level
This shows there is no gender difference at all in obedience but it’s may affect more strain as females showed higher moral strain than males when shocking the learner after they got a word association question incorrect
Therefore milligram opposes the link between gender and obedience
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There isn’t a gender difference in obedience 2
burger 2009
During burger 2009
33.3% of males stopped before 150v
while 27.3% of females stopped before 150v
66.7% of males continued to 150V
while 72.7% of females continue to 150v
This shows that there are no significant difference between gender in obedience therefore gender has no effect on obedience as the difference between the male and female results was not significant enough to challenge this conclusion
Therefore burger opposes the link between gender and obedience
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There is not a gender difference in obedience 3
blass 1999
After blass looked at many many studies on obedience and gender he concluded that there is no significant difference in gender and obedience
therefore gender does not affect obedience
Thomas blass 1999 disagrees with the statements that gender effects obedience
Gender + Obedience
There is a gender difference in obedience 1
Ring, Wallston and Corey 1970
RWC found that in a voice feedback replication study studying the relative effectiveness of different debriefing methods
It was found that out of the 57 female subjects that part took in the study 91% were fully obedient
This is one of the highest rates of obedience across obedient research suggesting that there may be a gender difference in obedience as 57 female subjects got one of the highest obedient rates at the time
Therefore rwc supports the statement that there is a gender difference in obedience
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There is a gender difference in obedience 2
Sheridan and King 1972
Sheridan King 1972 asked participants to administer real shocks to puppies in a milgram esque style study
It was found the female participants were fully obedient with 100% while only 54% of males were obedient
This suggests that females are more obedient than males and therefore there is a gender difference in obedience meaning that this study supports the statement
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There is a gender difference in obedience3
Kilham and mann 1971
Kilham and mann 1971
- recreated the milgram experimental variation where participants relayed information to another person who pulled the shock lever
They found that 68% of men but only 40% of the women gave maximum shock levels
- in another scenario participants pulled the shock lever boots the order did not come directly from the experimenter and it was relayed for another confederate “subject”
In this scenario 40% of the men and 16% of the women obeyed
These two scenarios suggest that there is in fact a gender difference in obedience as a higher percentage of obedience was found in men and women
meaning that there is a gender difference in obedience which means that this study supports the statement
Gender + Obedience
The final judgement
In conclusion overall while research seems to be inconsistent with a similar amount of research finding that there is a gender difference and is similar amount of research binding but there is not a gender difference
however blass 1999 was a study that looked at many other studies and it concluded there was no significant difference between genders in obedience
Due to this being a study that looked at many other studies it tips the stalemate in the favour of no gender difference meaning that in conclusion there is no gender difference in obedience
