Powerpoint IV: Obedience

Question 1

Obedience

Answer 1

Changes in behaviour produced by commands of an authority

Question 2

What is the reason Milgram created his studies?

Answer 2

To understand why people in Nazi Germany followed immoral orders
–> was it the people or the social dynamics?

Question 3

What were participants in the Milgram study led to believe the study was about?

Answer 3

Learning and punishment

Question 4

What was the basic procedure of the Milgram studies?

Answer 4

• Participant required to administer shock to a learner each time an error was made
• Each subsequent error required the shock to increase by 15 volts all the way up to 450 volts

Reality: learner not being shocked

Question 5

Goal of Milgram’s studies

Answer 5

See if people followed the experimenter’s instructions and administered shocks even at dangerous levels