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Social - Authority Flashcards

Milgram, Bocchiaro, Piliavin, Levine

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MILGRAM - Methodological Issues

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No extraneous variables, and is Replicable in Lab environment
Low Ecological Validity

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MILGRAM - Background

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Investigating how the Holocaust happened: Milgram’s Jewish family escaped it.
Destructive Obedience
Dispositional hypothesis: Germans naturally conform - original belief which Milgram disproved

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MILGRAM - Sample

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40 Men, 20-50 yrs, All from US, Volunteer

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MILGRAM - Procedure

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Told it was Learning Experiment in ‘teacher’ role; Learners = recording
Shocks ^ 15V every wrong answer and went up to 450V

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MILGRAM - Conclusions

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Situational hypothesis = Cause
People Obedient to Authority
Told they would be given no Responsibility

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MILGRAM - Data Types

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Both: Obedince rate & their discomfort

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MILGRAM - Ethics

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+Debriefed at end
-Right to withdraw, but discouraged
-Psychological & physical harm

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MILGRAM - Validity

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High Internal, Low Eco: high demand characteristics

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MILGRAM - Reliability

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+All participants were obedient enough to take the voltage up to 300V, when the ‘learner’ banged on the wall and shouted
+The teacher is always the naive participant

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MILGRAM - Ethnocentrism

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Only white men from US: IS ethnocentric

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MILGRAM - Link to Theme

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How people act Unethically when ordered to by Authority

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MILGRAM - Applications

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Explained real-world atrocities & help ex-soldiers with guilt

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MILGRAM - Design

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Controlled Observation & Environment: Lab experiment

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MILGRAM - Results

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100% went to 300V or more
65% went up to 450V (maximum) - 1.2% were predicted to

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MILGRAM - Hypothesis

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Situational Hypothesis: higher conformity caused by social processes between individuals

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MILGRAM - understanding of Theme

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People likely act Unethically if told by Authority

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MILGRAM - understanding of Individual, Social & Cultural Diversity

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Not only Germans would be Obedient; any race would be too

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BOCCHIARO - Background

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Inspired by Milgram, wanted to investigate DISobedience; little prior research on whistleblowers

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BOCCHIARO - Method Issues

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Lab

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BOCCHIARO - Sample

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149 Students, Gynocentric

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BOCCHIARO - Procedure

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Pilot Tests to test Validity
Group 1 told to write letter to convince people to take part in Unethical Sensory Deprevation experiment
Group 2 told everything & Obedience

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BOCCHIARO - Conclusions

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Whistleblowing is uncommon, overestimated, people rank themselves as ‘special’

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BOCCHIARO - Data Types

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Quant on rates of Obedience

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BOCCHIARO - Ethics

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Participants from Pilot Tests reccomended it Ethically
Debrief
Psychological harm

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BOCCHIARO - Validity

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Lab, but in this context also good Eco

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BOCCHIARO - Reliability

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Lab, Standardised

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BOCCHIARO - Ethnocentrosm

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Dutch Uni, Religion had no correlation to results

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BOCCHIARO - Applications

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Whistleblowing in society, organisations etc.

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BOCCHIARO - Link to Theme

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How likely people are to Ignore or Disobey Authority

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MILGRAM & BOCCHIARO - Similarities

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Investigated Destructive Obedience
Deception
Lab. procedures with a single condition

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MILGRAM & BOCCHIARO - MILGRAM Diff.s

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Ethically controversial
Androcentric (all male sample)
Qual used

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MILGRAM & BOCCHIARO - BOCCHIARO Diff.s

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Researchers used elaborate ethical safeguards
Mixed sex
Pilot Tests

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MILGRAM - Remember

Way to remember which study is which

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Holocaust, Volts

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BOCCHIARO - Remember

Way to remember which study is which

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Whistleblowers; Ethical Milgram

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BOCCHIARO - Design

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Lab procedure with Single Condition

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BOCCHIARO - Results

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Overestimation of Whistleblowing, Underestimation of Obedience, Disobedience more common than Whistleblowing

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BOCCHIARO - Hypothesis

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Students vastly overestimated Whistleblowing

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BOCCHIARO - understanding of Theme

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Disobedience instead of obedience, Investigates how likely people are to be Indifferent as well as actively ignore orders: More Realistic

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BOCCHIARO - understanding of Individual, Social & Cultural Diversity

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People overwhelmingly underestimated the level of obedience and overestimated the level of whistleblowing

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