Social: Bocchiaro

Question 1

Background

Answer 1

> social power- influence someone has to change the thoughts, feelings or behaviour of another
people are generally obedient
previous research centres around the who obey not those who don’t

Question 2

method

Answer 2

lab- vu uni of Amsterdam, highly controlled, data gathered from Decomposed games measure, HEXACO, obey/disobey/whistleblow

Question 3

sample

Answer 3

pilot study- 92 undergrads from VU uni
predictions- 128 undergrads from VU uni
experiment- 149 undergrads from VU uni
paid 7 errors for participation or course credit
self-selected

Question 4

Procedure- pilot tests

Answer 4

confirm its ethical and believable, comparison group have outline of study, what would you do? what would the average student at you uni do?

Question 5

experiment

Answer 5

> pps informed of task, risk of participation and right to withdraw
greeted in lab by Dutch male exp dressed formal and stern
exp asks pp to give names of students
exp presents cover story
pps told ethics committee forms in next room and are asked to write a statement to convince friends to take part using words such as exciting, o mention of side effects
exp leaves for 3 mins
pps taken to room 2 where there’s a computer, mailbox, ethics committee forms and left for 7 mins
pps complete the 2 personality measures
full debrief, sign consent form

Question 6

results- comparison group

Answer 6

obey- 3.6%
disobey- 31.9%
whistleblow- 64.5%

Question 7

results- exp

Answer 7

obey- 76.5%
disobey- 14.1%
whistleblow- 9.4%

Question 8

results

Answer 8

no sig diff in personality
obey- “it was expected of me, that;’s why I continued”
disobey- “I felt responsible towards my friends”

Question 9

conclusions

Answer 9

> people tend to obey authority
what people think they will do and what they actually do it very different
behaving in a moral manner is challenging