Milgram

Question 1

What was found

Answer 1

Every participant went to 300V and 68% went to all way (450V)

Question 2

How did demand characteristics effect the study

Answer 2

People could have guessed the aim so they continued to help the experiment with

Question 3

Is the study generalisable?

Answer 3

It was used to explain the holocaust however the soldiers were under a lot mor dangerous pressure

Question 4

What mistake did milgram make?

Answer 4

Only published bits that fit his hypothesis. - publication bias

Question 5

Discuss ethical issues of milgrams study

Answer 5

Psychological harm - guilt and ashamed
Physical - heart attack, cold sweats
Debrief - didn’t do for some people till after 11 months
Informed consent - told it was memory study so they didn’t have complete consent - also deceived but justified because of demand characteristics

Question 6

Evaluate the sample

Answer 6

Androcentric - low population validity
Volunteer - cheap and easy but only gets people who read the newspaper
Yale university students