Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Milgram 1963
- Aim: to find out if people
would show obedience to
an authority figure who
told them to administer
an electric shock to
another person
- Obedience:
the
compliance
to an order
issued by an
authority
figure.
- Conclusion: In general,
indiciduals will obey an
authority figure even if
what they were asked
to dop goes against
their ethical and moral
beliefs
- Sample: Self-selecting,
androcentric, 40 males
aged 20-50 from New
Haven and surrounding
community, variety of
proffesions and
backgrounds
- Confederate experimenter: 31
year old high school biology
teacher. Grey lab coat. Stern
throughout the experiment.
Confederate learner: 47 yearold
accountant whom most
observers found mild-mannered
and likeable.
- Prods: "please continue", the
experimnet requires that you
continue" "you must go on"
- Told the experiment
was about the effects
of punishment on
learning (no demand
characteristics) given
sample shock of 45v
- Details
- Shock generator: 30
switches 15v-450v
- Quantitative data:100% of
participants continued to 300v,
26 went to 450v, 5 participants
stopped at 300V, 14 experienced
nervous smiling and laughter, 3
had uncontrollable seizures,
- Qualitative data:
participants showed
signs if extreme
tension, sweat,
stuttering,
trembling,biting lips,
groaning, digging
finger nails into flesh
- Controlled
observation - no
IV so it is not a lab
experiment
- No informed consent,
deception, discouraged
to withdraw, not
protected from mental
harm, confidentiality,
debrief given
- Reliable: can be
repeated because lot's
of controls used.