obedience milgram

Question 1

what was milgrams research about?

Answer 1

1.milgram wanted to find out why german population had followed orders of hitler

Question 2

what did milgram do?

Answer 2

1.lab study of 40 males
2.20-50 y/o
3. in the new haven area
4. a word test was done if learners gave the wrong answer the teacher would have to generate an elec shock.( teacher was unaware it wasent real and told to press the switch)
5.the teacher could only hear the learner the not see them(scream in pain)

Question 3

findings

Answer 3

1.65% of participants went all the way to 450Volts - more likely when pressured
2.100% went to 300volts- pressure to continue
3.horrible things were done if someone else took responsibility for it
4.teacher even told that participant suffered a heart conditon.

Question 4

evaluation(prt1)
( representative , validity , reliability )

Answer 4

1.lacks external validity= not very reprsentative, not any females
HOWEVER representative bc normally adult men were soldiers.
2.lacks ecological validity= in lab not warzone area
3.internal validity= lab study so high control of EVs
BUT partcipant varibales cant be controlled so demand characterstics.
4. reliable- can be repeated again

Question 5

what were some ethical issues?

Answer 5

1.no informed consent
2.deception
3.encouraged and pressured to continue(no right to withdraw)
4. not protected from physical and psychological harm= anxious and alot of anxiety

Question 6

Strengths of milgrams research
(more in booklet)
(other studies to support)

Answer 6

1.when replicated in a new show behaviour was identical to milgrams findings
e.g the game of death
-80% gave shocks to max of 460 volts to unconscious man
-similar identical behaviour of nervous laughter and nail biting.
2.in support, sheridon and king study when real shocks were given to puppies (54% of men and 100% of women gave what they knew was the real shock) people obdient even with real shocks

Question 7

strenghts of milgram
(more in booklet)
(nurses and war)

Answer 7

1.hoffling et al- the nurses obeyed - didnt know what the drug or dose was but still obeyed.
despite it being unknown doctor
over the phone
and overdose ‘astroten’
95% of nurses administered the drug
2.gave background to obedience at warzone - applicable to german soldiers.

Question 8

Weaknesses of milgrams research
(more in booklet)
- demand characteristics and science

Answer 8

1.may have been infulenced by demand charactertics- so many have not got a precise measurement of what was intended
2.only obeyed when they were identified with scientific aims, when ordered by authority they refused- identified more w science.
(social identity theory- take on the identity of the group your in.)
3.ethics - bad e.g deceived teachers and participants thought the roles were random allocation but were acc fixed.