NOT ON ALEVEL 1.5 practical investigation Flashcards
what was the aim
aims to investigate if people are more likely to obey people in uniforms/authoritative figures compared to an ordinary person
hypothesis
Women are more likely to obey an authoritive figure, compared to men
method
this study compared 2 groups of participants, female and males and their obedience to authoritive figures
ppts: The sampling method used in the study was random and participants were recruited by a link for a questionnaire on Google forms and this was useful because it reduced subjectivity as we were not involved, so the participants were all given the exact same standardised instructions and there were 33 participants of both male and female in the sixth form