Milgram Flashcards
1
Q
What is obedience?
A
- You follow a person of authority’s instructions.
- Gross defines obedience as ‘complying with the demands of an authority figure’
2
Q
What is the aim?
A
- To investigate the process of obedience, and investigate the power of a legitimate authority.
3
Q
What is the sample?
A
- 40 males, New York USA, 20-50 years old.
4
Q
How were the sample chosen?
A
- Self-selecting sampling, through a newspaper article for a memory address and through direct mail
5
Q
What equipment was used?
A
- 450V voltmeter, 2 retainment chairs
6
Q
Who were the confederate and the learner?
A
- Confederate: experimenter, 31 year old biology teacher, wore a grey lab coat
- Learner: 47 year old mild mannered, likeable accountant (victim)
7
Q
What happened in the procedure?
A
- 2 participants entered the lab, at 300V the learner pounded on the wall, which repeated at 315V, after that, learner no longer responded to the learning task, if they wanted to stop, they were prodded.
- Prods: please continue, please go on, you have no choice you must go on.
8
Q
What behaviours were displayed?
A
- Laughter
- Sweating
- Lip-biting
9
Q
What were some results?
A
- 65% went to 450V, lots of participants dropped out at 300V, white lab coat made them move from the autonomous state to the agentic state
10
Q
What was a conclusion?
A
- ‘People will obey without limitations of conscience when they believe that an order comes from a legitimate authority figure’
