Milgram Procedure

Question 1

Who did Milgram use in his study and how did he pick the participants

Answer 1

-40 males
-aged 20-50
-selected via volunteer sampling( leaflet and magazine)

Question 2

How much were participants paid a day

Answer 2

$4.50

Question 3

what roles were assigned

Answer 3

-Thought they had teacher or learner
-but were always the teacher
- ‘learner’ was a confederate

Question 4

Where were participants seated

Answer 4

The ‘learner’ was strapped to an electric chair, the teacher was shown this before.
-The teacher sat behind a wall where they couldn’t see them with the experimenter

Question 5

What questions did the teacher ask the learner

Answer 5

Sequence of questions and the learner had to memorize the answer

Question 6

What happened if the ‘learner’ got it wrong

Answer 6

-A fake electric shock would be sent to them
-these would get increasingly worse. (ranging from 15-450 volts)

Question 7

what did the experimenter do throughout

Answer 7

-gave prods to the teacher when they wanted to withdraw
-“you must go on”

Question 8

What did the teacher hear

Answer 8

when the learner got a question wrong, the teacher heard fake screaming and shouting