obedience

Question 1

we tend to obey an authority figure if:

Answer 1

-requester has higher status
-requester monitors behaviour of requestee

Question 2

Milgram study

Answer 2

situational factors to obedience
-learner had to recall word pairs to teacher
-when learner gave wrong answer, experimenter instructs teacher to give an electric shock (not real but pp not aware)
-62.5% of pp administered shocks to full 450v due to social authority of experimenter
-many pp showed distress when giving the shocks

Question 3

what are the situational factors

Answer 3

immediacy
credibility of authority (location)

Question 4

immediacy of experimenter to teacher

Answer 4

IMMEDIACY (proximity experimenter to teacher)
-instructions by phone = 20.5% to 450v
-no instructions given, pp free to go = 2.5% obedience
-2 disobedient peers cease between 150-210v = 10%
-two obedient peers = 92.5% obedience

Question 5

immediacy of teacher to learner

Answer 5

IMMEDIACY (proximity learner to teacher)
-learner not seen or heard = 100% to 450v
-learner in same room = 40% to 450v
-teacher physically presses learners hand onto electrode = 30%

Question 6

credibility of authority (location)

Answer 6

-original held at Yale uni
-when in dilapidated office block obedience drops to 48%

Question 7

ethics and milgram

Answer 7

-people could withdraw but aim of study was to discourage this
-pp did not give informed consent
-pp deceived as to purpose of the study

Question 8

what is social power

Answer 8

ability of a person to create conformity even when the people being influenced may attempt to resist these changes (Fiske et al)