Situation variables affecting obedience

Question 1

Key study: Milgram procedure

Answer 1

40 participants asked to shock the learner every time they got a question wrong. Each time the shock getting higher in voltage

Question 2

Key study: Findings

Answer 2

All went up to 300V

65% went up to 450

Question 3

Factors influencing: Proximity

Answer 3

When the teacher and the learner were in the same room = obedience fell to 40%

Question 4

Factors influencing: Location

Answer 4

When done in a run down office = obedience dropped to 48% to maximum

Question 5

Factors influencing: Uniform

Answer 5

Bushman: asked to give change for parking. policeman 72% , beggar 52%, businessman 48%

Question 6

A03: Internal validity

Answer 6

Lack of realism: Perry said the participants were unsure whether the shocks were real. May have been more brutal if they thought it was fake

Question 7

A03: Historical validity

Answer 7

Blass 1999, meta-analysis between 1961-85. Hasn’t changed much.
Still relevant today.

Question 8

A03: Location

Answer 8

Lab settings - more likely to obey