MILGRIM:Suitatonal Variables Affecting Obedience

Question 1

Proximity

Answer 1

How far or close the person is the the authority figure

Question 2

Location

Answer 2

Is there a change in obedience when you are in a diffrent location than Yale university

Question 3

Power of uniform

Answer 3

Uniform gives a perception of legitimate authority is it a visual authority symbol

Question 4

Milgrims og percentage for proximity location and power of uniform

Answer 4

65 percent

Question 5

Power of uniform
What does it drop to in everyday clothing ?

Answer 5

In everyday clothes obedience drops to
20 percent

Question 6

What was obedience in the run down office

Answer 6

48 percent

Question 7

When experimenter gave Instruction to teacher on a telephone obedience dropped to

Answer 7

20.5 percent

Question 8

Bickman New York

Answer 8

Participants were twice more likely to follow instructions of the confederate wearing a security guard uniform than The business man

Question 9

What does autonmous mean

Answer 9

Have a status

Question 10

Legitimacy of authority

Answer 10

More likely to obey such as police who have authority

Accept authority as uniform and also accept credentials

We obey because it is engramed into us since child hood

Question 11

Lack of consent

Answer 11

Didnt consent to be arrested at there homes

Question 12

Who were involved ?

Answer 12

40 American males aged 20-50

Question 13

Why was it culture bias

Answer 13

Only American males

Question 14

Why was it gender bias

Answer 14

Only males are used

Question 15

A03-weakeness (females stereotypically more submissive)

Answer 15

Gender bias -therefore results can’t be generalised

Females are seen as more obedient generally regardless of situational variables

There gender roles do state that they are more submissive

Question 16

A03-strengths (bickmen New York )

Answer 16

Had 3 Confeds dress as milkmen business men and security

They were told to ask by passers to pick up litter / pay for a parking ticket

People are 2 x more likely to follow orders of security guard

Therefore supporting power of uniform as a variable affecting obedience

Question 17

A03-weakens (holocaust)

Answer 17

Mass killing of Jews was done in close proximity

Mandel states obedience increases due to the presence of uniform

It offers an excuse for evil behaviours

Question 18

What does this conclude

Answer 18

Ordinary people are obedient to authority when asked to behave in an inhumane way

It’s not necessarily evil people who commit crimes but ordinary people just obeying orders

Question 19

When teacher did order over the phone

Answer 19

Obedience was 65

Question 20

When teacher and learner were in the same room what was obedience percentage ?

Answer 20

40 percent

Question 21

When teacher forced hand on the electrical shock ?

Answer 21

Obedience Dropped to 30 percent

Question 22

When experimenter left the room and gave the instructions to the teacher over the phone ?

Answer 22

Obedience dropped to 20.5 percent

Question 23

When the experimenter was taken over by an ordinary member of the public who was not wearing uniform ?(Bickemn)

Answer 23

Obedience dropped to 20 percent

Question 24

What does uniform act as

Answer 24

A strong visual authority symbol

Question 25

Why are females more likely to obey ?

Answer 25

Because there gender roles dictate that they be more submissive

Question 26

What did sheriden king find out

Answer 26

Females obeyed 100 percent of the time to shock puppies while men 54 percent

Weakens external validity

Question 27

What was a weakness of Ao3 (authortarian personality)

Answer 27

Obedience could be due to internal factors such as the authoritarian personality ( obedience is due to internal characteristics)

Question 28

When location changed from Yale university to a run down office what was reduced

Answer 28

The amount of legitimate authority was reduced