social influence - situational variables

Question 1

what are the three situational variables?

Answer 1

proximity, location and uniform

Question 2

what does proximity mean?

Answer 2

physical closeness or distance of an authority figure to the person they are giving orders to.

Question 3

what does location mean?

Answer 3

the place where the order was issued.

Question 4

what does uniform mean?

Answer 4

positions of authority have a specific outfits which symbolises their authority.

Question 5

proximity - milgram’s study

Answer 5

teacher and learner were in the same room - 40%
touch proximity (teacher forced learner’s hand on the electroshock plate - 30%
experimenter gives orders by phone - 20.5%

Question 6

location - milgram

Answer 6

in another variation, milgram changed the location of the obedience study. he conducted the experiment in a run down office instead yale university, the obedience level dropped to 47.5%.

Question 7

uniform - milgram

Answer 7

original study = lab coat
variation study = casual clothes
obedience level dropped to 20%