Milgram Obedience Film/Discussion

Question 1

Foot-in-the-door Technique

Answer 1

In context with this experiment, the participants started by giving mild shocks, progressively getting larger and larger in voltage.

Question 2

Institutional Review Board

Answer 2

Reviews plans of research studies to not harm participants. (reviews how ethical potential research studies are)

Question 3

Mundane Realism

Answer 3

The ability to apply the experimental procedures to normal typical everyday life.

Question 4

Conformity

Answer 4

In the context of the Milgram experiment, if another teacher disobeyed the experimenter’s orders, the other teachers were more likely to disobey, as well. (conformity is going along with people of equal status.)

Question 5

Legitimate Authority

Answer 5

A form of social power in which a person has the authority to ask people to act in a certain way. This applies to the Milgram Experiment in that people are more likely to comply with the requests of someone who is perceived to have this kind of power.

Question 6

Stanley Milgram Experiment

Answer 6

If in the presence of someone believed to have authority, people are more likely to comply to the authority figure’s requests even if the requests can hurt or potentially kill another person.