milgram v10

Question 1

What was variation 10? and the results?

Answer 1

Changed the setting to a run down office in an industrial town called Bridgeport. Told ppts it was being run by ‘Research associates of Bridgeport’ and room used was a lab that was sparsely furnished. 47.5% went to 450v suggests less reputable reduces legitimacy of the study.

Question 2

Strengths of variable 10

Answer 2

Only 1 variation in procedure all other variables remain the same- establish cause and effects of manipulating the IV so we can see cause and effect between IV of setting and DV of obedience. Use of office block instead of uni increases mundane realism of the study so it increases ecological validity as it took place in the real world as it semmed more real than a prestigious uni

Question 3

Weaknesses of variation 10

Answer 3

The set up was still scientific for example being conducted in a lab rather than everyday so we don’t know if people will be similarly obedient in a non-scientific situation. Despite the more natural setting, the study is still low in mundane realism due to the use of the shock generator and the control prods.

Question 4

Differences in variation 10 to OG study?

Answer 4

OG- carried out in a psych lab in Yale, ppts believed it was carried out by professor, Yale is set in an affluent part of town, 10- relocated to Bridgeport,ppts told the research associates of birdgeport, experiments were conducted in a 3 room office suite in a rund down commercial building which was sparsley furnished