Situational Variables - Milgrams Study

Question 1

Explain what effect location has on obedience?

Answer 1

In milligrams study , obedience rates dropped when the location wasn’t prestigious and respectable.
It fell from 65% to 47.5%

Question 2

What affect does proximity have on obedience?

Answer 2

Proximity of victim - obedience fell when participants could see and hear the distress caused by their actions - agentic shift -40%
Touch proximity- obedience fell when the participant was required to use physical force to personally administer shock to victim -30%
Proximity of authority figure - obedience levels dropped when the researcher observed less closely - agentic shift -20.5%

Question 3

How does uniform affect obedience rates?

Answer 3

Wearing uniform increases obedience as seen in bickmans experiment
However when the experimenter wasn’t wearing uniform in milligrams experiment obedience dropped to 20%