Milgram's Variation #7 #10 #13

Question 1

What was experiment #7?

Answer 1

• Experimenter is not present and gives instructions through phone calls

Question 2

What was the reason for variation #7?

Answer 2

• He wanted to test the effect of physical distance between experimenter and teacher.

Question 3

What were the changes made in #7?

Answer 3

• After giving face to face instructions , he left the room and gave orders through the phone

Question 4

What were the results in #7?

Answer 4

-number of people willing to go to max, 450V fell from 66% to 22.5%.
Participants continued to give lower shocks rather than increase it ; they even lied about it to experimenter

Question 5

The conclusions in #7 ?

Answer 5

-Obedience of participants change according to the presence of authoritative figure.

Question 6

What was experiment #10?

Answer 6

• Experiment was moved from Yale uni to a run down office in Bridge Port.

Question 7

What was the reason for variation #10 ?

Answer 7

-He noticed that the institutional context would encourage people to be more obedient than in less prestigious setting ( participants felt this way and said it gave more confidence to take part)

Question 8

What were the changes made in #10?

Answer 8

-Took place in a a town called - Bridgeport in a commercial office building that was sparsely furnished

Question 9

What were the results in #10 ?

Answer 9

• Slight reduction from 66% to 48% (people willing to give max voltage)
• Participants questioned credentials of company on arrival

Question 10

The conclusions in #10 ?

Answer 10

-The less reputable context that the experiment took place in, the legitimacy of study was reduced.

Question 11

What was experiment #13 ?

Answer 11

-Ordinary man gave orders for shock to be administered

Question 12

What was the reason for variation #13 ?

Answer 12

-Designed to test role of authority and status on obedience

Question 13

What were the changes made in #13 ?

Answer 13

• A draw was take to determine who would be teacher, learner and experimenter ( 2 confederates)
• 1st and 2nd confederate were the learner and experimenter and the naive participant was the teacher.

Question 14

What were the results in #13 ?

Answer 14

• Only 20% continued to max shock level .

- Experiment was strained and learner had to go to considerable lengths to persuade teacher to proceed.

Question 15

The conclusions in #13 ?

Answer 15

-The status of someone has a huge impact on obedience