Milgram 1963 Flashcards
Participants
40 males
Aged 20-50
From new haven
How were participants obtained?
Obtained through a newspaper advertisement and direct mailing
How much were they paid?
Paid $4.50 & were told they could keep this no matter what happened
What was the aim of the study?
To investigate how obedient people would be to orders from someone in legitimate authority which would result in pain to another person
Where was the experiment conducted?
Yale university
Who was the experimenter?
31 year old biology teacher
Wore a grey lab coat
What were the participants told the study was about?
The effects of punishment on memory
Who were the 2 participants?
The teacher and the learner
The confederate was always the learner and the naive participant was always the teacher, this was fixed
What did the electric shock generator look like?
Had switches ranging from 15v to 450v
Participants were told shocks were painful but not dangerous
When did the teachers give shocks?
Every time the learner answered wrong to the pair task
What was the sample shock?
Before the experiment the naive participant was given a sample shock of 45v which was so they believed the shock generator was real
What did the learner do at 300v and 315v?
Pounded the wall and then was silent and didn’t reply
What happened after the experiment?
Participants were interviewed and de-hoaxed, they were told that the shocks weren’t real and the real purpose was to investigate obedience
What were the predicted results?
14 Yale students said 1.2% would obey
What were the actual results?
65% obeyed up to 450 (26) 5 obeyed up to 300 14 disobeyed Participants showed signs of sweating, trembling, stuttering 14 had nervous laughter 3 had full blown uncontrollable seizures
