Obedience Flashcards
Obedience
Acting in accord with a direct order or command
Milgrim’s study
The study on the effect of punishment on learning
Participant is assigned the role of the teacher
Confederate is assigned the role of the learner
Participants: 40 men from New Have, CT
People predicted that most would not go above the 135 volt mark and no one would go all the way to 450 volts.
Variations of Milgrim’s Study- Ways to decrease obedience
Legitimacy of the authority figure
Percentage of people who finish the expeiment:
Yale-65%
Bridgeport,Conneticut-48%
Proximity to the authority figure
-Authority figure was in the room or have instructions over the phone
Proximity to the victim
Victim in the same room or hold persons hand down on shock plate
The presence of a dissenter
2 or 3 people taking the role of teacher. If one person they won’t continue the study, he encourages others to no longer continue with the experiment.
Factors that contributed to participants obedience
Informational social influence
- situational ambiguity
- expertise of the experimenter
Normative social influence
- External pressure from the experimenter to continue
- Responses are public
Effort justification
Escalation of commitment
-“foot int he door” phenomenon
Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request
Step 1: Make a small reasonable request
Step 2: Make a large request
