Social Influence -Obedience Milgrims Situational Variables Flashcards
Proximity
Closeness to authority figure
When experimenter gave orders by phone decreased to 20.5%obedient naives
Teacher and learner in same location decrease to 40%obedient naives from
Obedience to 30% when teacher forces learners hand onto place.
65% baseline study
Location
Where order issued
Baseline at Yale Uni 65% obey
Decreased to 47.5% at run down office,
Conclusion
People obey more when in prestige location, close to figure,wearing uniform - makes them more legitimate have higher status
Uniform
Experimenter played by member of public from 65% to 20% obedience
Proximity reasoning
When proximity decrease can separate themselves from consequences of actions
In diff rooms participant “tracher”less aware of affect on learner
Location reasoning
Prestige uni more obey cus environment make more legitimate .when run down less confidence in authority figure.
Uniform
Uniforms r widely recognised symbols .expect they r entitled.feel entitled to obey