Milgrim Experiment Flashcards
Who was it developed by?milgrim exp
Stanley milgrim
When? Milgrim
Started in 1961 &I started in 1963
What has it done for psychology? Milgrim
One of the most influential studies in social psychology & was a huge influence on obedience in psychological study
Where did he come up with it? Milgrim
Conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience.
Done it in terms of justification for acts of genocide offered by those accused at ww11 Nuremberg war criminal justice trials.
They usually justified their acts based upon obeying figures of authority and obeying what they were instructed to do.
Aim of experiment milgrim
Could it be that Eichmann and the Million accomplishes in the holocaust were just following orders? Could we call them all accomplishes?
He done it in order to see if German were obedient to authority.
Method? Milgrim
Paired with someone this other person was a actor.
They were ‘randomly assigned teacher or learner.
Although they were always assigned as the teacher and the other person was ‘Mr Wallace’.
He was placed into a room with electroshock generators.
Ranges from 15volts to 450volts.
Males between 20-50.
Unskilled to working class.
Paid €4.50
Took place in Yale.
This was a huge factor in the situational variations which will be discussed further in the questions.
Learner strapped to a chair.
Shocks administered.
They aimed to see how far the person would go in the shocking.
The person was crying out in pain during this study complaining about heart pain etc.
They were asked questions and shocked for every wrong one.
