Milgram Flashcards
Outline the background from the study by Milgram
Milgram wanted to find out why Nazi soldiers obeyed orders to mass murder 5-6 million Jews during the holocaust
Outline what the aim of Milgram study into obedience of authority figures was
To investigate the process of obedience by testing how far Americans would go in obeying. An authority figure
Outline the sample by Milgram
-40 males
-20-50years old
-all from new haven Connecticut
-paid $4.50 t participate
What sampling method was used in Milgram study of obedience
-self selecting as participants saw the advert in a local newspaper that advertised the experiment and offered $4.50
Give a summary of the procedure used by Milgram
-Participant would draw a rigged card to be a Teacher
-After seeing this they would watch the ‘learner ‘ get strapped down to a chair with electrodes on
-Then a word pair task would be carried out where before it begins the participant would read out a list of word pairs that the ‘learner’ had to recall later in the experiment, during the experiment the teacher would say one of the words ten give four options for the ‘learner’ to match i t with.
-Then a sample shock of 45V would be administered to the participant to convince them that the shocks wer real
-Every time the ‘learner’ got an answer wrong a shock would be administered by the participant increasing by 15V each time all the way up to 450V
-Once the shocks reached 300V the ‘learner’ would start kicking on the wall, after 315v did the ame then after that they had no response to any of the uestions.
-If te participant showed unwillingness thee were four set pros said by the experimenter in their lab coat
What were the 4 prods by the lab coat experimenter
1)please continue
2)the experiment requires that you continue
3)it is absolutely essential that you continue
4)you have no other choice you must go on
Outline the quantitative findings from Milgram research
-65% of ll participants obeyed and went to 450V
-Alll 40 people went up to 300V
-5 refused to continue after 300V
-9 more stopped by 375V
Outline the qualitative findings from Milgram study
Participants behaviour was seen as:
-sweating
-trembling
-stuttering
-lip biting
Groaning
Crying
Biting nails
Nervous laughing
3 had violent convulsions
Outline what was concluded by Milgram
-The situation produces high tendencies for people to obey
-The situations creates extraordinary tension and emotional start
Outline why there were high levels f obedience
-Partcipant believed that the Lerner had voluntarily submitted himself as well
-The experiment took place at Yale university good reputation
-Participants were assured that the shocks were painful but not dangerous
-the experiment was shown o be testing memory
Outdone why there were high levels of tension in the study
-participants were give very little time for reflection
-demands from experimenter and te calls for help from the victim were very different
-had to respond to demands from two differing views
