milgram’s variation studies: experiment 10

Question 1

what is exp 10 called?

Answer 1

• rundown office block

Question 2

what was the aim of exp?

Answer 2

• to see if outcome would be similar as original research was carried out at Yale University, prestigious
• follow-up interviews showed that ppts felt nature of university provided them confidence to take part
• might be different if it was done somewhere will less respect

Question 3

what was the procedure of exp?

Answer 3

• rundown commercial office building was used in town of Bridgeport
• ’Research Associates of Bridgeport’
• same procedures were followed as original, although building was sparsely furnished
• lab was clean
• researchers said that they were from a private firm

Question 4

what were the results of the exp?

Answer 4

• ppts have more doubts
• 1 ppts made notes and asked himself number of questions about legitimacy of research
• another ppt questioned his own judgement and thought study was ‘heartless’
• obedience didn’t drop that much
• 48% gave full 450v compared to 65% in original research
• this was lower level of obedience, but Milgram didn’t think it was significant difference

Question 5

what was concluded from this exp?

Answer 5

• idea of having a legitimate setting does seem to be backed by evidence
  however, it’s barely significant
• ppts questioned the credentials of company on arrival (claims made during debrief), but still obeyed
• Milgram gave example that people deposit money in prestigious looking backs and seeing ones, so people will obey exps regardless of where lab is