Milgram variations

Question 1

Additional confederate administered shocks on behalf (agentic state)

Answer 1

92%

Question 2

Same room as learner (proximity)

Answer 2

40%

Question 3

Directly onto plate (proximity)

Answer 3

30%

Question 4

Warehouse in conneticut (Location)

Answer 4

47.5%

Question 5

Ordinary clothes (uniform)

Answer 5

20%

Question 6

Bickman (uniform)

Answer 6

Guard- 76%
MIlkman- 47%
Pedestrian- 30%

Question 7

Instructions over the phone

Answer 7

21%

Question 8

Vulnerable to demand characteristics

Answer 8

Orne and Holland suggest pps may have acted, demand characteristics are amplified with the extra variable.

Question 9

Not culturally universal

Answer 9

Replications were conducted in societies slimilar to the USA so may not be able to explain collectivist cultures

Question 10

Negative implications

Answer 10

Trying to justify harmful acts is offencive, gives people an excuse to commit horrific acts which an be offensive.

Question 11

Negative implications

Answer 11

Trying to justify harmful acts is offencive, gives people an excuse to commit horrific acts which an be offensive.