Milgram 2 (misc.)

Question 0

How many participants refused to obey at 300 volts?

Answer 0

5

Question 1

How many participants refused to obey before 300 volts?

Answer 1

None of the participants refused to obey before 300 volts

Question 2

How many participants refused to obey at 315 volts?

Answer 2

4

Question 3

How many participants refused to obey at 330 volts?

Answer 3

2

Question 4

How many participants refused to obey at 345, 360, 375 volts?

Answer 4

1

Question 5

How may participants were obedient until the end (went all the way to 450 volts)?

Answer 5

26

Question 6

What percentage of participants were obedient?

Answer 6

65%

Question 7

What did Milgram conclude?

Answer 7

High levels of obedience can be brought about in any individual with the appropriate situational conditions

Question 8

Give 3 reasons why there was high levels of obedience

Answer 8

Study took pace at a prestigious university(Yale). Study seemed to be for a worthy purpose. The participants were under the impression that the shocks would not cause any permanent damage.

Question 9

What hypothesis did Milgram reject?

Answer 9

“Germans are different”. The results from his study show that obedience is not a dispositional tendency of any individual or nationality, but that the situation a person is in.