Milgram study Flashcards

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A03- lacked realsim/validity

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-Orne and Holland (1968) participants didn’t believe
-responding to demand characteristics and how expected to behave
-however, pretence in distress, anxiety, not pretending

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A03- unethical

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-condemned highly unethical
-exposed to high levels of stress
-ethically unacceptable to harming
-no protection from harm
-no right to withdraw

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A03- resreach to support

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  • Hoffling (1966)
    -naughty nurses experiment
    -22 nurses, gave dummy drug
  • shouldn’t have but listened to authority
  • 21/22 obeyed fake doctor
  • control group, 22 wouldn’t have
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A03- research to support

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  • Sheridan and king( 1972)
    -high levels of obedience
  • believed it was real when they shocked puppies
    -75% obedience
    -obey in situations
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what was the aim of Milgram’s study

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  • Germans are different hypothesis
  • Germany have a higher obedience
  • hitler= popular co operation to wipe Jews out
  • American study was a pilot for this
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what was the procedsure for milgrams study

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  • memory and learning
    -punishment in form of electric shocks
  • one person was teacher, one was student
  • teacher delivered the shocks
    -levels of voltage + verbal 15v -450 v
    -teacher instructed , evry mistake was a shock
  • 300 v mr wallace stopped repsonding
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what were the findings of Milgram’s study

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  • obedience rates were people who sent the shocks to 450v
  • 65% obedience rate
  • extreme distress
  • took away right to withdraw
    -verbal prods “ please continue”
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what was the conclusion of Milgram’s study

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-hypothesis was false
high obedience levels tend to obey authority
- would act obediently to a certain point

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