Social Pyschology Flashcards
define obedience
A change in an individuals behaviour to comply with a direct order from an authority figure
Aim on Milgram
What level of obedience would be shown when told by a legitimate authority figure to administer shocks to another person
Procedure of Milgram
• 40 males ages 20-50
• volunteer sampling (advertisement)
• standardised
• $4.50
• Yale
Explain experiment
Results of Milgram
Quantitative = 100% to 300v , 65% to 450v
Qualitative = nervous laughter, trembled , 3 had seizures
Conclusion of Milgram
Most important factor determining obedience is situation
“Obedience isn’t a feature of German culture but a universal feature of human behaviour “
Methodological
Reliability
Objectivity
Subjectivity
Internal validity
Ecological validity
Generalisability
Strengths + weaknesses of Milgram
+ = standardised (reliable) , controlled (internal validity) , quantitative and qualitative
- = not generalisable (men) , low ecological validity , ethics breached
Acronyms for each command
DESCRIBING a STUDY = APRC
EVALUATING a STUDY = ROSIEG
EVALUATING a THEORY = RUNSCAR
Agentic state
individual follows an order from a legitimate authority figure , they take no responsibility for consequences of actions , act as an agent
Moral strain
negative feeling caused by doing something we believe is morally wrong but feel compelled to do
Autonomous state
Individual acts out of free will , they take responsibility for the consequences of thier actions
Burger study ethics
- only went to 150v
- immediately debriefed
- clinical psych supervised all trials
- screened before trial
- 3 reminders that they can leave - still get $50
- approved by Santa Clara University review board
Aim of Burger
Replicate Milgrams experiment in an ethical way to compare findings
- if his findings were era-bound
- if obedience is affected by gender
- if theres less obedience if refusal is modelled by someone slse
Procedure of Burger
- volunteer sampling (advertisement)
- screened for …
- 29 men , 41 women ages 20-81
- $50
- stopped at 150v (point of no return)
- immediately debriefed
- condition 1 = same , heart condition mentioned at 150v
- condition 2 = modelled refusal , teacher swaps with participant at 90v
Results of Burger
condition 1 - 70% burger , 82.5% milgram
condition 2 - 63.3% burger , 82.5% milgram
Conclusion of Burger
Milgrams results are still valid , obedience still influenced by situational factors
- not era-bound
- dont differ by gender
- not affected by empathic concern but desire for control
define social impact
effect that real or imagined people can have on our behavior
mathematical equation for social impact
i=f(SIN)
SIN = ?
- strength : level of influence or power target perceives source to have
- immediacy : physical ,temporal , social (relationship)
- number : more sources , higher chance of obedience
define division of impact
social impact is reduced if there are more targets than sources