SP - MILGRAM"S STUDY - 1961 Flashcards

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what is obedience

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a type of social influecne which causes a person to act in response to an order given by another person usually in a position of power/authority

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how was Milgram’s experiment set up

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teacher and experimenter in the same room
student “attached’ to a volt board in a separate room
the teacher had to shock the student when they got a question wrong, increasing it every time all the way up to 450V

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how many Ps went all the way to 450V in the original test

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65%

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how did proximity affect the number of Ps that went to 450V

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orders over the phone - 20.5%
T+S in the same room - 40%
T had to force L’s hand onto electric plate - 30%

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how did location affect the number of Ps that went to 450V

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in a rundown office building rather than a lab - 47.5%

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how did uniform affect the number of Ps that went to 450V

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experimenter removed and replaced by a member of the public in normal clothes - 20%

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original experiment conditions

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  • experimenter wore a lab coat
  • in a research lab at Yale which is prestigious
  • teacher in a separate room to learner
  • experimenter and teacher in the same room
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how did support affect the number of Ps that went to 450V

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the P is given 2 buddies that sit with him and refuse the experimenter - 10%

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how does someone else shocking the learning affect number of Ps that go to 450V

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the teacher makes someone else press the switches to deliver the volts - 92.5%

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pros of the experiment

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  • experimenter was objective to remained valid
  • used an age range from 20-50 so good generalizability
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cons of the experiment

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  • only used males -> gender bias (lack of generalisability)
  • poor ethics -> no informed consent, deception, no protection of participants from mental harm
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