Social - Authority Flashcards
Milgram, Bocchiaro, Piliavin, Levine
MILGRAM - Methodological Issues
No extraneous variables, and is Replicable in Lab environment
Low Ecological Validity
MILGRAM - Background
Investigating how the Holocaust happened: Milgram’s Jewish family escaped it.
Destructive Obedience
Dispositional hypothesis: Germans naturally conform - original belief which Milgram disproved
MILGRAM - Sample
40 Men, 20-50 yrs, All from US, Volunteer
MILGRAM - Procedure
Told it was Learning Experiment in ‘teacher’ role; Learners = recording
Shocks ^ 15V every wrong answer and went up to 450V
MILGRAM - Conclusions
Situational hypothesis = Cause
People Obedient to Authority
Told they would be given no Responsibility
MILGRAM - Data Types
Both: Obedince rate (Volts gone up to) & their discomfort
MILGRAM - Ethics
+Debriefed at end
-Right to withdraw, but discouraged
-Psychological & physical harm
MILGRAM - Validity
High Internal, Low Eco: high demand characteristics
MILGRAM - Reliability
+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
MILGRAM - Ethnocentrism
Only white men from US: IS ethnocentric
MILGRAM - Link to Theme
How people act Unethically when ordered to by Authority
MILGRAM - Applications
Explained real-world atrocities & help ex-soldiers with guilt
MILGRAM - Design
Controlled Observation & Environment: Lab experiment
MILGRAM - Results
100% went to 300V or more
65% went up to 450V (maximum) - 1.2% were predicted to
MILGRAM - Hypothesis
Situational Hypothesis: higher conformity caused by social processes between individuals