Milgram obedience

Question 1

Milgram 1963

Answer 1

Placed advert offering money to take part
done in a uni - looked professional
Teacher (apps) learner (confed) Researcher (confed)
Learner strapped to chair with electric shock plares
Learner answers questions - teacher electrecutes (no real shocks)

Recorded dialogue which teacher hears re.g. ‘ow, I cant stand the pain don’t do that’
Learner falls silent as if dead

Question 2

Milgram findings

Answer 2

100% shocked up to 300 volts
65% shocked up to max of 450 v
Pps were reintroduced to unharmed accomplice and debriefed

Question 3

Conclusion if milgrams study

Answer 3

Ordinary people extremely obedient to authority figures

Question 4

Evaluation

Answer 4

Placed pps under great emotional strain
Darling 1992 - shocks may activate evil in pps more motivated to repeat actions
Hofflisng et al conducted study in a hospital nurses telephoned by Confederate doctor and asked to prescribe drug (not allowed to be done over phone)
95% did as requested