obedience: situational variables ao1

Question 1

Name the 3 situational variables

Answer 1

Location
Proximity
Uniform

Question 2

Where did milgram do his initial obedience experiment

Answer 2

Yale university

Question 3

In the location variation where did milgram move his expiriment too

Answer 3

Run down office block

Question 4

In the location variation how did obedience rates change

Answer 4

65% to 47.5%

Question 5

Explain why obedience rates dropped from 65% to 47.5% in location variation

Answer 5

A prestigious university gives the study legitimacy and authority in eyes of pots
The expirmeneter then share this legitimacy. A run down office block doesn’t
However since obedience rates were still relatively high it could be argued ppts were aware of scientific nature of procedure along with the researcher as an authority figure being present.

Question 6

Describe proximity in milgrams baseline study

Answer 6

Teacher could hear the learner but couldn’t see them

Question 7

How did milgram change proximity in the variation

Answer 7

In proximity variation the teacher and learner were in the same room
Obedience dropped from 65% to 40%

Question 8

Describe touch proximity

Answer 8

If learner got a question wrong they would have to place their hand on the shock plate
If the learner refused the teacher would have to force their hand

Question 9

obedience rate in touch proximity variation

Answer 9

Obedience levels dropped to 30%

Question 10

Describe remote instruction variation

Answer 10

Experimenter left the room and gave the instructions to teacher via telephone

Question 11

How did obedience rates change in remote instruction variation

Answer 11

Obedience dropped to 20.5%

Question 12

Explain the change in obedience rates in all 3 proximity variations

Answer 12

Decreased proximity allows people to psychologically distance themselves from the consequences of their actions

Eg: in proximity variation they were in diff rooms teacher was less aware of the harm they were causing snd was more obedient
In remote instruction variation authority of expirimenter becomes less apparent because he’s further away

Question 13

Describe uniform in the baseline study

Answer 13

Expirimenter wore a white lab coat 🥼
- symbol of authority

Question 14

Describe uniform in variation

Answer 14

Expirimenter called away and replaced by another “ppt” in normal everyday clothes pretending to be an ordinary member of the public but they were a confederate

Question 15

How did obedience rates change in uniform variation

Answer 15

Dropped to 20%
Lowest obedience rates out of all variations

Question 16

Explain why changes in obedience rates in uniform variation

Answer 16

Uniform encourages obedience bc they are widely recognised symbols of authority whereby their authority is legitimate
Ppl without uniform have less right to expect our obedience