Milgram

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

Obedience to authority

Question 2

Sample

Answer 2

40 men aged between 20-50
Drew straws to be learner or teacher but obvs all got
It took place in a Yale lab

Question 3

Procedure

Answer 3

An expirementor in a white lab coat sat in the room
There was 2 rooms one with a ‘learner’ and one with a ‘teacher’
And the teacher was then given a word recall list every wrong answer got a shock
15-450V was the shock voltages
If the teacher didn’t obey then the experimenter ‘Mr Williams’ would say phrases such as it’s important you continue

Question 4

Results!

Answer 4

65% continued to 450v
All continued to 300v yikes

Question 5

Variations

Answer 5

Uniform (looked like a member of public) the 65% dropped to 20%
Location (used a run down office block) 65% dropped to 47%
Proximity (to experimentor so on phone) 65% to 20%

Question 6

Weakness

Answer 6

Participants not protected from harm and under very stressful situations
Not a genrelisable sample
No right to withdraw

Question 7

Strength

Answer 7

No investigator bias ‘Mr Williams’
Practical application and Germans aren’t all evil!