Milgram (1963)

Question 1

Milgram date

Answer 1

1963

Question 2

Milgram Date

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Obedience to Authority

Question 3

Method: milgram conducted a number of

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Laboratory experiments

Question 4

Method: what was being tested?

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Factors thought to affect obedience

Question 5

Method: this condition tested whether people would

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Obey orders to shock someone in a separate room

Question 6

Method: where did the experiment take place?

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Yale University

Question 7

Method: how many people took part?

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40

Question 8

Method: what gender were the participants?

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Male

Question 9

Method: where did they get the participants from?

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A newspaper advert

Question 10

Method: were the participants payed?

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Yes

Question 11

Method: what did the experimenter wear?

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A white lab coat

Question 12

Method: each participant was introduced to a

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Confederate whom they were paired with

Question 13

Method: the participant and the confederate were then randomly labelled either

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‘Teacher’ or ‘learner’

The participant was always the ‘teacher’ and the confederate was always the ‘learner’

Question 14

Method: the participant watched as the

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Confederate was strapped into a chair and connected to a shock generator

Question 15

Method: the volts went from

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15 volts to 450 volts (labeled XXX as that amount of electricity can kill)

Question 16

Method: the teacher taught the learner

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word pairs over an intercom

Question 17

Method: when the learner got one wrong

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they received an increased electric shock

Question 18

Method: after 300 volts

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the learner pounded on the wall and made no further responces

Question 19

Method: if the participant hesitated during the process

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the experimenter told them to continue

“you must continue”

Question 20

Method: debriefing included

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an interview
questionnaires
being reunited with the ‘learner’

Question 21

Results: how many administrated the 450 volt shock?

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26 participants

65%

Question 22

Results: now many stopped before 300 volts?

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none, they all continued past 300

Question 23

Results: most participants showed obvious signs of

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stress such as sweating, groaning and trembling

Question 24

Conclusion: ordinary people will

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obey orders to hurt someone else even if it means acting against their conscience