Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Meeus and Raaijmaker
(1986)- Interviews
- AIM
- To identify whether more
modern psychological
administrative violence creates
more/less obedience
- In comparison to Milgrams study- physical harm
- METHOD
- Lab Experiment
- 39 participants
- Both male and female
- Aged between 18 and 55
- Volunteer/self selected
- Answered a newspaper advert and were paid
- PROCEDURE
- Particiapants were
ordered to harass a an
apparent 'job applicant'
(CONFEDERATE)
- This was to
make he/she
nervous whilst
sitting a test
- The test determined
whether they would get
the job
- RESULTS
- 92%
obeyed/disturbed/critisiced
when told to do so by the
researcher
- Agentic state
- 4% believed that it was a hoax
- 96% believed they were dealing with a real situation
- They reported that
they 'intensely disliked'
making the stress
marks
- CONCLUSION
- The majority of the
participants obey an
authority figure (researcher)
- Even though
it was
designed to
harm another
- Obedience
was higher
than
Milgrams
study
- Easier to obey
orders to use
psychological
violence than
physical