Milgram and Bocchiaro

Question 1

Similarities

Answer 1

Both conducted in a lab - controlled conditions
Both study obedience - to a authority
Participants were paid to participate in both studies - $4.50 Milgram, £7 Bocchiaro
Both used deception - Told study on memory/given a cover story
Results/Conclusions similar - Both studies show that people tend to be very obedient
Sample - both self-selected
Both are useful

Question 2

Differences

Answer 2

Sample - Milgram all Male, 40 Participants, 20-50, American
Bocchiaro Male and Female, 149 Participants, University students, Dutch
Obedience measured - Milgram physical violence - Bocchiaro every day situations where people comply to unethical instructions