Milgram's Procedure/Obedience

Question 1

what is obedience?

Answer 1

an individual follows a direct order to a person issuing the order usually a figure of authority who has the power to punish when obedience behaviour not forth coming

Question 2

what was the aim of Milgrams study?

Answer 2

to see if the germans where different from other cultures

Question 3

how many ppt were invlolded in milgrams study and where were they from/gender?

Answer 3

40 americain men

Question 4

milgram got his sample through what?

Answer 4

volunteer sample

Question 5

where did the study take place?(what uni)

Answer 5

yale uni

Question 6

the ppts were introduced to the who and what were they wearing?

Answer 6

the experimenter who was wearing a white lab coat

Question 7

they ppts wear also introduced to Mr who?
what was he?

Answer 7

Mr Wallace
he was a confederate, and the ppts thought he was was one too

Question 8

how were they allocated the roles of learner and teacher?

Answer 8

a rigged draw took place to allocate roles to ppt of learner and teacher, the ppt was always the teacher whilst Mr Wallace was always the learner

Question 9

the teacher saw the the learner get strapped to what?

Answer 9

a chair with an electric shock apparatus

Question 10

teacher was given a mild what? and why?

Answer 10

teacher was given a mild shock to prove that the machines were real

Question 11

what was the task set for the teachers and learners?

Answer 11

teacher was to read out matching pairs of words and the learner had to give a corresponding pair to the words

Question 12

teacher had to give the learner what if they got the answer wrong?

Answer 12

a shock

Question 13

the shock started at what measurement?

Answer 13

15 volts

Question 14

the shocks went up in what increments ? and went all the way up to ?

Answer 14

15 increments
450V

Question 15

leaner acted as if the shocks were what?

Answer 15

were real

Question 16

at 300v, the learner started doing what?

Answer 16

banding on the door and pleading the teacher to stop

Question 17

through the use of what standardised prompts, by experimenter?(give an example of the two)

Answer 17

‘the experiments requires you to continue’
‘you have no choice but to continue’

Question 18

what was recorded on a scale?

Answer 18

recorder how far up the scale of electric shocks the ppts would go

Question 19

what was the result of Milgram’s study?

Answer 19

His results were so surprising and showed that we all appear to be obedient to authority

Question 20

conclusions: said it was due to what
and we are agents if those with what?

Answer 20

it was due to agentic state and that we are all agents to legitimacy of authority

Question 21

conclusions: more likely to obey who?

Answer 21

a person who has a higher position or status in a social hierarchy

Question 22

conclusions: the experimenter wore what that they gave him legitimacy of authority?

Answer 22

white lab coat

Question 23

what were the three main issues with milgram’s study?

Answer 23

deception they were told it was test on memory.
lacks population validity cant be applied to everyone only based on 40 men who are americain
volunteer sample this me