Milgram PROCEDURES Flashcards
How many participants were selected for Milgram’s study of Obedience? & what gender were they?
40 Males
What ages were the participants in Milgram’s study?
They were aged between 20 and 50 years
Where did the study take place?
In a lab at Yale University
What type of experiment was it?
Lab experiment
How many volts did the shock generator start from and go up to?
Started from 15 Volts goingup to 450 volts
How was the experiment advertised?
In a newspaper article
What did the participant believe that they would be taking part in?
Research about memory and learning
Who was Mr Wallace?
He was a confederate who played another ‘Participant’
Who else was a confederate of Milgram’s in the study? (apart from Mr Wallace)
The experimenter
Name the shock labels which were labelled on every 4 switches?
1.Slight shock 2.Intense shock 3.Potentially fatal shock
When was the teacher supposed to administer a shock?
When the participant gave a wrong answer
Who played the teacher role?
The naive participant
Who played the learner role?
The confederate ‘Mr Wallace’
How were the participants debreifed?
After the study, the teacher was dehoaxed and interviewed about their experience in the study
