Milgram’s Variation Studies Flashcards
New baseline
Aim to investigate situational factors that affect obedience by altering Milgrams baseline study
Also told Mr wallace had mild heart condition
Name all experiments
Rundown office block
Telephonic Instructions
Ordinary man
Rundown office block Experiment 10 aim
Test if study moved from university to rundown office block
Rundown office block findings
47.5% fully obedient
Conclusion rundown office block
Situational factors important
Setting reduced legitimacy
Experiment 7 telephonic instructions aim
Experimenter gave orders over the phone
Telephonic instructions findings
22.5% obeyed
Pretended to raise shock level
Became obedient again when experimenter returned
Telephonic instructions conclusion
Physical presence of authority figure is important
Experiment 13 ordinary man gives orders procedure
2 confederates, one learner and experimenter
Experimenter receives phone call and leaves, leaving confederate in charge
Confederate insists on giving increasing shocks
Experiment 13 ordinary man findings
80% refused to continue
Ordinary man conclusion
Orders must come from legitimate source
Strength of rundown office block
Milgram recorded dialogue between participants
Modigliani and Rochat 1995, re-analysed information
Found earlier in procedure participant challenged experimenter, more likely to be defiant
Allowed Modigliani and Rochat to gain deeper insight to what happened during holocaust
Telephonic instructions strength
Sedikides and Jackson 1990
Zoo study
Showed when authority figure no longer present, obedience dropped
Milgram’s findings on proximity generalise to more naturalistic situations, high external validity
Ordinary man weakness
Experimenter left ordinary man in charge
Derived some authority from experimenter
Suggests obedience could be lower in situations where person giving orders is completely unrelated to any authority figure or institutional context
