Obedience: Gender Flashcards
Describe the process of Kilham and Mann variation of Milgrams experiment.
Kilham and Mann replicated Milgrams experiment on male and female students in Australia.
40% of males obeyed to 450V while only 16% of females obeyed to 450V.
This shows that Gender can influence obedience
This may be due to societies values that men are suppressed of emotions while women are openly allowed to exhibit how they feel.
However, in this study the women were being ordered to shock another woman by a male authority figure, so they could have been subjected to in group favouritism.
What percentage of females were obedient in Kilham and Manns investigation?
16% were obedient to the full 450V
What percentage of males were obedient in the Kilham and Mann investigation?
40% of males went to the full 450V
What percentage of females in the US were obedient in Milgrams replication?
65% of participants went to the full 450V
Therefore, this could demonstrate that gender does not impact obedience.
