situational variables

Question 1

proximity

Answer 1

• teacher + learner, adjoining room65%
• same room = 40%
• touch proximity (force hand) = 30%
  remote instruction (phone) = 20.5%

Question 2

location

Answer 2

• yale university = 65%
• run down building = 47.5%
• less authoritory in setting

Question 3

uniform

Answer 3

• grey lab coat = 65%
• random member of public = 20%
• uniform = visiual authority + cue to behave certain way

Question 4

positive evaluation:

research for the influence of SV - bickman, milkman

Answer 4

• Bickman, authority = obedience
• an experiment was done with confederates as a milkman, suit, a security guard
• x2 likely to obey guard than the suit
• uniform conveys authority

Question 5

negative evaluation:

lack of internal validity - contrived

Answer 5

• orne + Holland, guess fake, experimental manipulation
• “member of public”,contrived,
• unclear results, obedience or acting appropriately?

Question 6

positive evaluation:

replicated in other cultures - Spanish students

Answer 6

• Miranda, 90% obedience Spanish students

- not limited to American males

Question 7

positive evaluation:

controlled variables - systematically alter

Answer 7

systematically alter 1 at a time, others constant, replicated lots, 1000 students
- more confidence, caused by variable manipulation, cause + effect relationship

Question 8

negative evaluation:

provides “obedience alibi” - holocaust

Answer 8

• “excuse for obedience”, situation not person responsible
• Mandel, offensive to holocaust survivor, Nazis obey, victim to variables
• ignores discrimination, racism, prejudice