Obedience Flashcards
What does Milgram support?
The agentic state.
Supporting evidence for the agentic state?
Milgram.
What were Milgram’s findings?
100% of ppts continued to 300V. 65% continued to 450V, the fatal shock.
What do Milgram’s variations support?
Situational variables affecting obedience.
Supporting evidence for situational variables?
Milgram’s variations and Bickman.
What were the findings of Milgram’s variations?
Proximity - fell to 40%.
Touch proximity - 30%.
Remote instruction - 20.5%.
Location - 47.5%.
Uniform - 20%.
What does Bickman support?
Situational variables affecting obedience.
Describe Bickman.
Participants were given an instruction from a confederate in either a civilian, milkman, or guard uniform. Obedience was highest with the guard, lowest with the civilian.
What does Hofling et al contradict?
Situational and social-psychological variables affecting obedience.
Contradictory evidence for situational and social-psychological variables?
Hofling et al.
Describe Hofling et al.
Nurses were given instructions from a doctor over the phone, against hospital rules. 21/22 nurses obeyed, contradicting Milgram’s results. Also, the nurses were not anxious, contradicting how agents typically feel when acting destructively.
What does Blass and Schmitt support?
Legitimacy of authority.
Describe Blass and Schmitt.
Participants were shown videos of Milgram’s procedure and asked who was most at fault. Participants blamed the experimenter, as they had the most authority.
Supporting evidence for legitimacy of authority?
Blass and Schmitt.
Evidence for cultural bias in social-psychological and situational variables?
Kilham and Mann, and Mantell.
What do Kilhem and Mann, and Mantell show?
Cultural bias in social-psychological and situational variables.
Describe Kilhem and Mann.
Used Milgram’s procedure on an Australian sample, and only 16% continued to 450V.
Describe Mantell.
Used Milgram’s procedure on a German sample, and 85% continued to 450V.
What does Adorno support?
The dispositional explanation for obedience.
Support the dispositional explanation?
Adorno, and Elms and Milgram.
What were Adorno’s findings?
There was a positive correlation between high scores on the F-scale, and anti-semitism, racism, and feelings of superiority.
What does Elms and Milgram support?
Dispositional explanation for obedience.
Describe Elms and Milgram.
Interviewed, using the F-scale, 20 obedient and 20 disobedient participants of Milgram’s study. Obedient participants scored higher.
What do Middendorp and Meleon contradict?
Dispositional explanation for obedience.
Contradictory evidence for dispositional explanation?
Middendorp and Meleon.
Describe Middendorp and Meleon.
Found that less educated people were more likely to have an Authoritarian personality, so education levels may be the real factor affecting obedience.
