When the teacher and the learner
were put in the same room
obedience levels fell to 40%
(instead of 65%)
In the absents of the authority
figure the obedience levels fell to
21%
Location
The studies for Milgrams experiment were conducted at Yale University
Several of the participants remarked
that the location of the study gave
them more confidence to do what
they thought was best
When the experiment was moved to a
less prestigious place location the
obedience rates did drop slightly with
48% of participants delivering the full
450 volts
The power of uniform
Bushman 1998
Female researcher, dressed in either a
police style uniform, as a business
executive or as a beggar and asked people
to lend them money for a parking meter
Uniform = 72%
Business woman = 48%
Beggar = 52%
In an interview
afterwards people
claimed to of obeyed the
woman in uniform
because she appeared
to have authority
Easily recognisable and convey
power and authority
Dispositional
The F Scale
Right-Wing Authoritanism
Psychological
The Agentic State
When a person sees them
self as carrying out another
persons wishes
Actions preformed under
the the agentic state are,
from the participants
perspective, virtually guilt
free, however inhumane
they might be