Lesson 7: Explanations Of Obedience- Situational Variables

Question 1

Proximity

Answer 1

• refers to how physically close teacher and learner, teacher and experimenter are
• In original experiment, teacher & learner were in adjoining room
• in proximity variation, they were in same room , obedience dropped 65%- 40%
• touch proximity- 30%
• remote institution- 20.5%

Question 2

Location

Answer 2

• changed location to run down building rather than prestigious uni
• dropped from 65%- 47.5%

Question 3

Uniform

Answer 3

• in original, experimenter wore grey lab coat as symbol of authority
• variation: role of experimenter taken over by ordinary person, confederate
• obedience dropped to 20% (lowest of all situational variables)

Question 4

EVAL of milgrams variations.

Answer 4

G-
G-
G-
B-