Milgram - (Obidience)

Question 0

What was the aim of Milgrams study?

Answer 0

To investigate the process of Obedience, to demonstrate the power of a legitimate authority even when the command requires destructive behaviour

Question 1

What was the context in which Milgrams work was based upon?

Answer 1

How did ordinary people do terrible things e.g. In the Nazi regime and the My Lai massacre

Question 2

What were the participants involved in Milgrams study?

Answer 2

40 men between the ages of 20-50 and not college students who were from a diverse range of occupations
•also the experimenter was a biology teacher and the learner was an accountant trained for the role
These were the confederates

Question 3

How did Milgram recruit his participants?

Answer 3

Placed an advertisement in a local paper - procedure was on memory participants would be paid $4:50

Question 4

What was the range of electric shocks involved in Milgrams study?

Answer 4

15-450volts going up in 15’s

Question 5

What was the procedure of Milgrams study?

Answer 5

• lots drawn
• learner strapped into chair
• teacher told no permanent tissue damage
• teacher given 45volt shock
• teacher read out word pairs and then read the first word of the pair and then four proceeding words for the learner to match up

Question 6

What the feedback from the learner in Milgrams study?

Answer 6

Three wrong answers to every correct answer

At 300-315volts the learner would pound the wall

Question 7

What were the prods used by the experimenter in Milgrams study?

Answer 7

Prod 1: please continue
Prod 2: the experiment require you to continue
Prod 3: it is absolutely essential that you continue
Prod 4: there is no other choice, you must go on

Question 8

What other forms of data collection did Milgram use?

Answer 8

Tape-recorded and pictures taken through one-way mirrors

notes were kept on unusual behaviour

Question 9

What occurred after Milgrams study?

Answer 9

Participants were debriefed and a meeting with the learner was set up

Question 10

What were the results of Milgrams study?

Answer 10

In the interview
•after each shock = v.painful for teacher
Shock scores
•Five participants stopped at 300volts
•26 went to 450volts
Behaviour
•extreme tension, sweating, nervous laughter and full-blown seizures