Milgram Baseline

Question 1

Obedidience definition:

Answer 1

A type of social influence which involves following a direct order from an authority figure

Question 2

Milgrams Aim:

Answer 2

Find out why the German population obeyed order orders to kill

Question 3

Milgram procudure (6)

Answer 3

• 40 men
• Rigged draw for teacher or learner
• Teacher told learner to give shocks for every wrong answer going up to 450V
• At 300V the learner pounded the wall and did not answer the equation
• At 315V the learner pounded the wall but did not say anything
• Teacher had 4 prods for guidance

Question 4

Milgram baseline findings:

Answer 4

Maximum shock: 65 percent
Characteristics:
- Sweating
- 3 had seizures
- 84% said they were glad they took part

Question 5

1 positivie of Milgram research

Answer 5

Research support: Hofling found that 21 out of 22 nurses were willing to obey a doctor to give above the maximum dosage
T: Demonstrated external validity

Question 6

2 negatives of Mildgram research:

Answer 6

• Ethical Issues:
  Participants were distressed, nervousness, sweating, 3 had seizures, did not feel like they had the right to withdraw
  T: Long-lasting traumatic effects
  CC: One of the main studies contributing to BPS guidelines.
• Participants may have worked out that the shocks were fake:
• Some said they didnt believe the set-up, many participants seemed to doubt the reality of the shock
  T: Low internal validity