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Flashcards by Elise Lambert, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elise Lambert
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is meant by Obedience? | A form of social influence in which an individual follows a certain order. |
| Who conducted experiments into obedience? | Stanley Milgram |
| Why did Milgram want to do his experiment? | He wanted to know why the German population had followed the orders of Hitler and slaughtered over 10 millions Jews, Gypsies and other social groups. Were the Germans different? |
| How many participants did he recruit? | 40 male participants |
| How old were the participants? | Between 20 to 50 years old |
| How much were they offered to take part? | $4.50 |
| What roles were given to the participant and confederate? | Teacher- participant Learner - confederate |
| Explain what the participant was told to do. | After the learner was strapped in with electrodes, the teacher was required to give the learned an increasingly severe electric shock each time the learner made a mistake on a learning task. |
| What were the voltage levels? | The voltage started at 15 and rose to 450 volts. |
| At what Volt did the 'learner' start pounding on the wall? | 300 volts |
| At what voltage did the learner stop responding? | 315 volts |
| What was the first prod given to the teacher if unsure? | Please continue |
| What was the second prod given to the teacher if unsure? | The experiment requires that you continue |
| What was the third prod given to the teacher if unsure? | It is absolutely essential that you continue |
| What was the fourth and final prod given to the teacher if unsure? | You have no other choice, you must go on. |
| How many people stopped before 300 volts? | No one |
| what percentage of people stopped at 300 volts? | 12.5% |
| what percentage of people carried on the highest level- 450 volts | 65% |
| how were the participants shown to be acting? | Sweating, nervous laughter, trembling etc. |
| What is one limitation of Milgram's experiment? | Psychologists argued that the participants behaved the way they did because they didn't really believe they were administering real electric shocks. |
| Who's research confirmed that Milgram's experiment had low internal validity? | Gina Perry |
| What is a strength of Milgram's experiment? | High external validity. the relationship between the authority figure and ppt reflected real life. Hofling et al supported this with research into nurses wards. 21 out of 22 nurses obeyed unjustified demands. |
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