Milgrams investigation obedience

Question 1

Aim?

Answer 1

why the German population followed the orders of hitler

Question 2

Procedure?

Answer 2

> 40 male participants through newspapers
volunteer sample
confederate was the learner/participant the teacher
an actor played the experimenter
teacher was required to give a shock for wrong answers
voltage increased 15 to 450 volts
prods were used ‘please continue’ ‘you have no choice’

Question 3

Findings?

Answer 3

> no participants stopped below 300 volts
12.5% stopped at 300
65% continued to 450
qualitative data was collected
three had seizures
84% said they were glad they participated

Question 4

Conclusion?

Answer 4

if ordinary citizens are told to commit immoral acts by an authority they are extremely likely to be obedient

Question 5

evaluation

Answer 5

> low internal validity- participants didnt believe the situation
high external validity- the relationship in the experiment replicates an authority relationship
supporting replication- same study has been carried out with similar results