Milgram's Research

Question 1

What was the procedure of the obedience study?

Answer 1

• 40 American males, ad, confederates = learner/experimenter, participant = teacher
• electrodes, Shocks 15-450, 300 = pound wall, 4 prods

Question 2

What were the findings of the experiment?

Answer 2

• no one stop below 300v
• 12.5% stop 300v, 65% at 450v, students predict 3%
• extreme tension, debrief/assured, 84% glad done it

Question 3

positive and negative evaluation:

May Lack internal validity - puppies

Answer 3

• Holland, people guess its fake, not research obedience
• however Sheridan, shock puppies, 54%men, 100% women give fatal shock
• obedience m,ay be genuine,70% though it was real

Question 4

positive evaluation:

replication support - French TV

Answer 4

• French TV, fake shocks,80% to 450v, lots of anxiety

- supports milgram, findings can be replicated

Question 5

negative evaluation:

SIT/alternative theory

Answer 5

obedience = group identification, identify with experimenter (science), identify with victim - obedience fall

• haslam. 3 prods science, 1 demand (quit)
• participants don’t shock for obedience, identify with experimenter

Question 6

negative evaluation:

Ethical issues - random, shocks real

Answer 6

• people believed allocation random,
• Baunrind, though shocks were real,
• betrayal of trust, damage reputation, won’t volunteer again