Milgram Flashcards
How many participants took part?
40
What gender and age were the participants?
All participants were male between the ages of 20 and 50.
How were the participants recruited?
Voluntary sampling- ad in a newspaper. Participants were paid.
What is the maximum voltage that all participants obeyed until?
300 volts.
How many participants defied the experimenter?
14
How many participants obeyed the experimenter right until the end?
26
What percentage of participants gave the 450 volt shock?
65%
What percentage of participants stopped obeying the experimenter before the 450 volt shock?
35%
What was the highest amount of volts the participants could use to shock the confederate?
450 volts
What was the minimum voltage to be obeyed?
15 volts
Why did Milgram want to conduct the experiment?
to test the ‘Germans are different’ hypothesis - I.e to test the idea that the atrocities in Nazi Germany occurred because Germans are more obedient than other nationalities
What is the aim of the experiment?
The aim was to investigate what level of obedience would be shown when participants were told by an authority figure to administer electric shocks to another person.
Where did the experiment take place?
Yale university
