social psych-milgram Flashcards
Why do people obey authority figures?
Approval,a reward,trust,discipline,thinking its the right thing to do, power
What is milgrams study based around?
Obedience
What is obedience?
A form of social influence, where an individual acts in response to a direct order from another individual, normally an authority figure.
What is the aim of milgarm’s experiment?
To see how far people would go to obey an authority figure, even if they was inflicting pain on another person.
What was the procedure?
a student hooked onto a shock machine(confederate) ,and the teacher was told to shock them by an authority figure increasing amounts when the student got the answer wrong.
What were the participants?
40 male participants, between 20-50.
What did milgram tell the participants he was studying?
investigating the effect of punishment on learning
What is a confederate?
An actor being told how to behave in an experiment
What does ‘standardise’ mean?
all participants had the same experiment/procedure
How many people did Milgram think would go to the end?
1-2%
How many people went all the way to 300v?
100%
How many people continued to 450volts
65%
Were people conflicted during this experiment?
yes, participants showed signs of distress and anxiety. They showed this through nervous laughter, biting nails, shouting ,three people had stress-induced seizures
What would make research ethical?
positive impact on society-socially acceptable-no harm to any living thing.
What is the difference between ethical and legal research?
legal=punished by law. ethical=face being sued and blacklisted.
What are the 6 ethical guidelines?
Deception, Right to withdraw, informed consent, Participant confidentiality, Protection of participants, Debriefing
when the location changed to run-down office block, what % obeyed
til the end?
48%
Key points of when Location changed to run down office block?
shopping district of bridgeport
Told it was being run by private firm,(unprofessional)
Unclean, broken windows-rundown.
when Experimenter gives instructions over the phone, what % obeyed
til the end?
22%
Key points from when Experimenter gives instructions over the phone?
Experimenter gave orders over the phone.
Kept prompting orders over the phone.
Participants worried about increasing shock.
when a Non-uniformed experimenter gives instructions, what % obeyed
til the end?
20%
Key points from when Non-uniformed experimenter gives instructions?
Participant paired with 2 confederates (one learner,1 teacher).
Experimenter leaves 2 individuals- 1 participant, 1 confederate prompting.
Teacher given instructions (no authority) .
