milgram's research od obediene Flashcards
what was the aim of milgrams obedience study
to assess obedience in a situation where an authority figure (experimenter) ordered the participant (teacher) to give an increasingly strong shock to a learner located in a different room
how many people volunteered
40 american men
who where the volunteers introduced to when they arrived
an confederate
why did they draw lots
to see who would be the teacher and who would be the learner
why was the draw fixed
so the participant was always the teacher
what did the authority figure (experimenter) order the participant (teacher) to do
give an increasingly strong shock to a learner in a different room
what did milgram conclude about german people
they are not ‘different’
what did milgram suspect after his findings
there were certain factors in the siruation that encouraged obedience
what’s pne weakness of milgram’s study
low internal validity
what did milgram report
75% of his participants believed the shocks were genuine
what did martine orne and charles holland argue
participants behaved as they did becuase they didn’t really believe in the set up, so they were ‘play-acting’
whos research confirmed orne and hollands arguement
gina perry (2013)
what did gina perry find
she listend to all the tapes of milgram’s participants and reported that only about a half of them believed the shocks were real
what does gina perry’s findings suggests
the participants may have been responding to demand characteristics, trying to fulfill the aims of the study
one strentgh of milgram’s study
findings were replicated in a french documentary that was made about reality TV
what did the participants in the ‘game show’ believe
they were contestants for a pilot episode for a new show
what were the participants in the game show paid for
to give (fake) electric shocks (ordered by the presenter) to other participants (who were actors) in front of a studio audience
what were the findings of the game show
80% of them delivered the maximum shock of 460 volts
their behaviour was almost identical to that of milgram’s participants
how many of milgrams participants delivered shocks up to 300 volts
100%
how many participants stopped at 300 volts
12.5%
how many continued to the highest level of 450 volts
65%
what did milgrams particioants show signs of
extreme tension; sweating, trembling, stuttering
