Obedience: Milgram's Flashcards

1
Q

What did he want to find out?

A

Are Germans different?

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2
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Procedure

A

Participants gave false electric shocks to ‘learner’ in obedience to instruction from ‘experimenter’.

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3
Q

Findings

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65% gave highest shock of 450v
100% went up to 300v
Many showed signs of anxiety

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4
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Evaluation

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Low internal validity-knew were fake
Good external validity- hospital
Supporting replication- game of death

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