Milgram Situational Variables

Question 1

3 proximity variations and results

Answer 1

Teacher and learner in the same room: 40%

Teacher forces hand: 30%

Instructions over phone:
21%

Question 2

Uniform variation and results

Answer 2

The experimenter was dressed in regular clothing: 20%

Question 3

Location variation and results:

Answer 3

From Yale niveristy to run-down building: 47.5%

Question 4

Evaluate Milgrams situational variables:

Answer 4

Research support: Bickman had 3 confederates (milkman, security guard, man in suit and tie) to ask passer-bys to do tasks. Twice as likely with the guard uniform
T: Increases reliablity of Milgrams uniform

Holds up in different cultures: >90% in Spain
T: Results are not limited to just American males
CC: Most replications have been taken place in the culturally similuar Europe, Eastern cultures are more conformist.

Offers obedience alibi: Those with wrongdoing may blame it on other factors to shift the blame
T: Ethically questionable explainations