Milgram's study

Question 1

What is obedience?

Answer 1

Obedience is a form of social influence in which an individual follows a direct order

Question 2

What did Milgram want to answer?

Answer 2

Why so many people had followed the orders of Hitler and killed over 10 million Jews, Gypsies and members of other social groups during WW2

Question 3

What was the aim of Milgrams study?

Answer 3

To see if people would obey the orders of an authority, even when there were fatal consequenses.

Question 4

What type of experiment was it?

Answer 4

Lab experiment

Question 5

What type of smapling was used?

Answer 5

Voulenter sampling
- 40 men between 20 to 50

Question 6

Where did the experiment take place?

Answer 6

At yale university (prestigous setting)

Question 7

What were the results of Milgrams study?

Answer 7

All of the real pps went to at least 300 volts and 65% continued untill the full 450 volts.

Question 8

What was the procedure of Milgrams study?

Answer 8

Pps were asked to administer an eletric shock to another pp (who was actually a confederate) upon incorrectly pairing words.

Question 9

Milgram’s study lacks internal validity.

Answer 9

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