Milgram (Obedience)

Question 1

Milgram (Obedience)

Answer 1

To see how far people will go giving shocks being pressured by authority

Question 2

Milgram (Sample)

Answer 2

40 males

Question 3

Procedure

Answer 3

Paid 4.50 $$$

Study punishment in learning

Confederates and participants drew lots to see who’s teacher and learner

Actor memorized words

Gives answer in light signal

Given shock if wrong

Participant saw person being strapped

Teachers given shocks to show it was real

Question 4

Results

Answer 4

All teachers went up to 300 volts

65% believed they did the last 450 volts

Continues to obey

3 subjects had seizures

Very stressful

Question 5

Conclusion

Answer 5

Most people under pressure obey and go against themselves

Question 6

Weaknesses

Answer 6

Ethics
Deception
Stress
Withdrawal

Ethnocentric bias and gender bias

Sample

Ecological validity

Question 7

Strengths

Answer 7

Prompt
Subjects were teachers
Same equipment

Question 8

Missing feature

Answer 8

Independent variable