Obedience

Question 1

Define obedience

Answer 1

A persons compliance when given a direct order from a person in a position of power

Question 2

Outline Milgram’s study

Answer 2

Aim was to assess obedience levels and see how easy it was to get Germans to obey the nazi regime.
Used 40 American male volunteers between ages of 20 and 50
Volunteers became teachers and confederates were learners.
Teachers asked learners questions, when they got the question wrong, teachers gave the learners a shock (shock was actually take but teachers didn’t know this).
Shock level increased each time, until they became fatal.
When participants (teachers) asked to stop, they were given prompts such as “please continue” and “the experiment requires you to continue”