Milgram

Question 1

Describe the sample I’m milgrams study into obedience of an authority figure

Answer 1

40 white American males with various backgrounds

Question 2

What did the experimenters tell the participants about the purpose of the study?

Answer 2

It was a study into the effects of punishment on memory

Question 3

Describe the experimental design in milgrams study.

And how the sample was gathered

Answer 3

Independent measures
Controlled observation
Sample was gathered through self selection, responding to an advertisement

Question 4

Give reasons why the results showed such high obedience

Answer 4

• The study took place at a prestigious university
• the participants were paid
• as the participants volunteered, they didn’t then want to quit and waste the experimenters time
• the participants were assured that the voltage was not high enough to kill someone

Question 5

What percentage of participants went all the way to 450 volts

Answer 5

65%

Question 6

Describe issues with the sample used in milgrams study

Answer 6

• The participants were all male so can not be generalised to females
• The sample was relatively small, consisting of only 40 participants
• all participants white Americans so can not be generalised to different races or countries
• ecological validity

Question 7

Describe ethical issues with milgrams study

Answer 7

• deception- participants were lied to about the purpose of the experiment
• protection of participants- some participants seizures due to stress and some suffered short term psychological harm

Question 8

What area of psychology is milgram in?

Answer 8

The social area

Question 9

What type of data was collected in milgrams study

Answer 9

Quantitative and qualitative

Question 10

Why was this experiment considered a controlled observation?

Answer 10

Because an experiments required comparisons of two conditions. This study only had one