Situational Variables affecting Obedience (AO1)

Question 1

What are the 3 Situational Variables affecting Obedience?

Answer 1

proximity
uniform
location

Question 2

What was different in the Milgram experiment where the Variation was Proximity?
+ Obedience stat for each?

Answer 2

• teacher + learner sitting in the same room = 40% go to 450V
• teacher forces learner’s hand onto electroshock plate = 30% go to 450V
• experimenter gives orders by phone = 20.5% go to 450V

Question 3

What was different in the Milgram experiment where the Variation was Uniform?
+ Obedience stat for each?

Answer 3

• role of experimenter taken over by an ‘ordinary member of the public’ in everyday clothes = 20% go to 450V

Question 4

What was different in the Milgram experiment where the Variation was Location?
+ Obedience stat for each?

Answer 4

• in run-down office block rather than Yale University = 47.5% go to 450V