Social Influence - Milgram Evaluation

Question 1

What was the focus of the French documentary that replicated Milgram’s findings?

Answer 1

A game show called Le Jeu de la Mort (The Game of Death)

The documentary was made by Beauvois et al. in 2012.

Question 2

What did participants in the game show believe they were doing?

Answer 2

Contestants in a pilot episode for a new show

They were paid to give fake electric shocks to other participants.

Question 3

How many volts were participants ordered to deliver in the game show?

Answer 3

460 volts

This was the maximum shock delivered to an apparently unconscious man.

Question 4

What percentage of participants delivered the maximum shock in the documentary?

Answer 4

80%

This statistic highlights the extent of obedience to authority observed in the experiment.

Question 5

What behaviors did participants exhibit that were similar to Milgram’s original study?

Answer 5

Nervous laughter, nail-biting, and other signs of anxiety

These behaviors indicate psychological stress in response to authority.

Question 6

The findings of the French documentary support which of Milgram’s conclusions?

Answer 6

Obedience to authority

It demonstrates that Milgram’s findings were not just due to special circumstances.

Question 7

True or False: The behaviors of participants in the French documentary were significantly different from those in Milgram’s original study.

Answer 7

False

Participants showed almost identical behaviors, reinforcing Milgram’s conclusions.

Question 8

What is one limitation of Milgram’s procedure?

Answer 8

It may not have been testing what he intended to test.

Question 9

What percentage of Milgram’s participants believed the shocks were genuine?

Answer 9

75%

Question 10

Who argued that Milgram’s participants were ‘play-acting’?

Answer 10

Martin Orne and Charles Holland (1968)

Question 11

What did Gina Perry’s research find regarding participants’ belief in the shocks?

Answer 11

Only about half of them believed the shocks were real.

Question 12

What percentage of participants in Gina Perry’s research were disobedient?

Answer 12

Two-thirds

Question 13

What concept suggests that participants may have been responding to the aims of the study?

Answer 13

Demand characteristics

Question 14

What did Charles Sheridan and Richard King (1972) study involve?

Answer 14

Participants gave real shocks to a puppy.

Question 15

What percentage of male student participants delivered what they thought was a fatal shock in Sheridan and King’s study?

Answer 15

54%

Question 16

What percentage of female participants in Sheridan and King’s study delivered a fatal shock?

Answer 16

100%

Question 17

What does the result of Sheridan and King’s study suggest about Milgram’s findings?

Answer 17

The effects in Milgram’s study were genuine.

Question 18

True or False: Participants in Milgram’s study were fully convinced the shocks were real.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

What limitation is noted regarding Milgram’s conclusions about blind obedience?

Answer 19

Milgram’s conclusions may not be justified.

Question 20

Who demonstrated that participants in Milgram’s study obeyed only under certain conditions?

Answer 20

Alex Haslam et al. (2014)

Question 21

What occurs when participants receive the fourth verbal prod in Milgram’s study?

Answer 21

Every participant disobeyed.

Question 22

According to social identity theory (SIT), why did participants obey in Milgram’s study?

Answer 22

They identified with the scientific aims of the research.

Question 23

What phrase caused participants to refuse to obey in Milgram’s study?

Answer 23

‘You have no other choice, you must go on.’

Question 24

What does SIT suggest about the interpretation of Milgram’s findings?

Answer 24

SIT may provide a more valid interpretation.

Question 25

What reason for obedience did Milgram himself suggest?

Answer 25

Identifying with the science.

Question 26

Fill in the blank: Participants in Milgram’s study obeyed when they identified with the _______.

Answer 26

[scientific aims of the research]

Question 27

True or False: Participants obeyed the experimenter without exception throughout Milgram’s study.

Answer 27

False.