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Milgrim Flashcards

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1
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What is obedience

A

A type of social influence where someone acts in response to satisfy a direct order from (perceived) authority

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What is conformity

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going along with crowed,yielding to group pressure

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What is obedience

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changing our behavior to follow the demands of an authority figure

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4
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Who asks us to conform

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No one

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5
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who ask us to obey

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Authority figures

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why do people conform

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to be accepted,liked or just fit in, to avoid feeling silly or being in a situation where we don’t know what to do

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7
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Why do people obey

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to avoid punishment or unpleasant consequences

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8
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What was milligram’s aim

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To test the obedience of people to a perceived authority even while doing inhumane things

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How many PPS continued to highest level of 450V.

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65% (2/3)

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How many continued to 300V

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100%

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what kind of experiment was it

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Lab

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12
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what were the PPS payed

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$4

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13
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How many volunteers where there

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40

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14
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What did he use as a punishment for the learners

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electric shocks

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What did the volts range from

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15-450

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16
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What gender were the volunteers

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Male

17
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What country were the PPS from

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USA

18
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What were the PPS meant to be split into

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Teachers &learners

19
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what were the learners

A

Confederates

20
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What was the conclusion

A

That ordinary people are extremely obedient to a perceived authority figure even if it goes against their morals or is inhumane

21
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What were the ethical issues

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Informed consent,Right to with draw, Deception,protection from harm

22
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Methodological issues

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sample(all male american can’t generalize/lacks population valdity)
PPS could of displayed demand characteristics
Lacks mundane realism
low ecological validity

23
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What type of experiment was the supporting study

A

field

24
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what setting was the supporting study in

A

hospital

25
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How did the supporting study work

A

A doctor rang nurse and told them give a lethal dose of medication to a patient

26
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was the doctor real

A

no was a person posing as a qualified dr

27
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how many obeyed in the supporting study

A

95%

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