Psychology - Social Influence: Situational Variables affecting Obedience

Question 1

What are the 3 situational factors in obedience?

Answer 1

Proximity / Location / Uniform

Question 2

What is proximity?

Answer 2

How close you are to the person of authority or other person

Question 3

How did Milgram test Proximity?

Answer 3

He had the learner sat next to the P in the room in one condition and in another room

Question 4

How did the proximity of the learner to the P affect conformity?

Answer 4

Obedience dropped to 40% as the P was able to understand the pain of the learner

Question 5

What was the locations of Milgram’s study?

Answer 5

A Laboratory at Yale and a run-down building in bridgeport

Question 6

What was the effect of location on obedience?

Answer 6

Obedience dropped to 47% as the setting de-legitimised the instructor

Question 7

What was the use of Uniform in Milgram’s variations?

Answer 7

In one condition they wore a white lab coat in the other the instructor was replaced by another P in normal everyday clothes

Question 8

What was the impact of Uniform on Obedience?

Answer 8

Obedience dropped to 20% as the Instructor who came up with the concept of raising the volts didn’t have legitimacy in uniform