Milgram’s Variations

Question 1

What is the telephonic instructions experiment (experiment 7)?

Answer 1

Reason: the experimenter sat in the same room as ppts in the original

Change: the ‘experimenter’ gave the orders over the telephone

Question 2

What are the results of experiment 7?

Answer 2

22.5% were fully obedient

• ppts lied on the phone
• ppts found it easier to resist authority

Question 3

What is the conclusion drawn from experiment 7?

Answer 3

The physical presence of the authority figure appears to be an important situational factor that increases obedience and reduces dissent

Question 4

What is the evaluation for experiment 7?

Answer 4

Evidence for Hogling

Question 5

What is the rundown office block (experiment 10)?

Answer 5

Reason: many of milgram’s ppts said that the prestigious university setting led them to trust the integrity and competence of the ‘experimenter’

Change: Milgram moved the study to a rundown building, in Bridgeport (an industrial city near Yale university)