Milgram - Obedience Shock Experiment Flashcards
Who conducted the Obedience Shock Experiments?
Stanley Milgram
What was the aim?
To investigate the level of obedience participants show to an authority figure which instructed them to deliver electric shocks to anothe person
What were the results?
65% of participants delivered maximum shock
Significance of Experiment
Provides evidence of influence of situational factors over dispositional factors on behaviour
Strength of Experiment
Experiment replicated multiple times and yielded similar reults
Weakness of Experiment
Low ecological validity - experiement conducted in a laboratory
Ethical Concerns
Psychological Harm - participanjts were not proctected from stress and emotional harm