Milgram’s variations

Question 1

What is Milgram’s variations?

Answer 1

Milgram repeated his study to see effects of different factors

Question 2

What were the aims?

Answer 2

Wanted to observe what situational factors were most important within obedience, + whether this influenced level of obedience

Question 3

What changes did he make?

Answer 3

Changes to location, who authority figure is, ppt personality + proximity

Did this to see how much these would effect degree of obedience to authority figure

Question 4

Explain what happened in location (Variation 10)

Answer 4

OG study took place at Yale university (prestigious environment), + ppts said they obeyed bc of this

Location changed to run down office block in industrial city Bridgeport, + experimenter wore ordinary clothes not lab coat

Question 5

What happened during telephone instructions (variation 7)?

Answer 5

Milgram thought being close to experimenter could influence obedience levels

Experimenter provided ppts with initial instructions abt study functioning then informed them that rest of instructions would be given over phone

Question 6

What happened during an ordinary person as the authority figure (variation 13)?

Answer 6

Experiemnter was confederate pretending to be ppt

3 ppl, 2 confederates as learner + recorder, ppt as teacher

Experimenter called out of room + suggested ppt should carry on until learner knew word lists, recorder then suggested that they should increase shocks to learner with every wrong answer

Question 7

What were the results of Milgram’s variations?

Answer 7

V10 rundown office = 47.5% obedient

V7 telephone instructions = 22.5% obedient

V13 Experimenter as ordinary person = 20% obedient

Question 8

What conclusions can we make from the variation findings?

Answer 8

V10 = More likely to obey in prestigious environment

V7 = More likely to obey in close proximity to one giving orders

V13 = More likely to obey if looks like authority figure