milgram experiment

Question 1

define obidience

Answer 1

obidiences is a form of social influence where an individual changes their behiour ion responce to a driect order from authroity figure.

Question 2

aim of milgrams experiment

Answer 2

to investigate the lengths people will go to obey commands from an authority figure

Question 3

describe the participants of the milgram experiment

Answer 3

each round consisted of one participant and a confederate who played the role of a participant. Volenteers were then recruited for lab experiment about “learning”. There were 40 males, aged between 20 and 50 whos jobs ranged frm unskilled to professional.

Question 4

describe the method

Answer 4

Once the roles were assigned, both the learner and teacher were shown to a room where the learner was then attached to a shock simulator. The teacher was then guided to a different room with a large machine that controlled the shocks that the learner was given. The learner had to remember a list of paired words and the teacher would test them by naming a word and thenasking teh learner to recall the pair. The teacher was told to administer a shock after every mistake and it would prgessively get higher each time. The learner made grunts and screams and the no sound or responce at all.

Question 5

what were the 4 prods

Answer 5

1. please continue
2. the experiment requires you to continue
3. it is absolutley essential that you continue
4. you have no other choice but to continue

Question 6

what were the findings of the milgram experiment

Answer 6

• 65% of participnats continued to obey order until the fatal 450 volt shock.
• all participants continued until 300 volts
• 14 participan ts refused to obey the experimentor and stopped administering shocks.

Question 7

what were the contributions of milgrams experiment

Answer 7

• ordinary people are likely to follow orders given by an authroity figure.
• study inspired some people to investigate how people react to aiuthrity figures

Question 8

what are the ethical concerns of milgrams experiment

Answer 8

• informed consent
• withdrawal rights
• deception
• harm to participants

Question 9

what were the procedural issues of milgrams experiment

Answer 9

• gender and culturally bias
• setting