Bocchiaro et al. (2012) - Disobedience and Whistleblowing

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ALEVEL PSYCHOLOGY FlashCards sobre Bocchiaro et al. (2012) - Disobedience and Whistleblowing, criado por Dhara Bechra em 04-04-2017.
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Bocchiaro et al. (2012) - Whistleblowing and Disobedience A whistleblower is a person who informs on someone who is involved in immoral or illegal behaviour.
Aims & Research Questions Why do they choose to reject social influence and follow a challenging moral path? To investigate the rates of obedience, disobedience and whistleblowing is where no violence was involved but instructions were ethically wrong.
Research Method Lab experiment
Sample Pilot Studies: 8 - 92 participants involved. VU Uni of Amsterdam. 149 undergraduate students (96 women, 53 men) average age - 20.8 years. Were given 7 euros or course credit. 11 Pp's removed as they were suspicious of study. Comparison group of 138 similar students also used.
Procedure VU Uni of Amsterdam. Pp's greeted by 'stern', formally dressed male researcher and asked to suggest names of fellow students.
Procedure (2) Participants told a cover story. They were asked to write a statement using words 'exciting, incredible, great and superb' but not mentioning negative effects of sensory deprivation, to convince students whose names had been given to participate in the experiment.
Procedure (3) They were told that statements would be sent to students by mail. Each PP told that if he/she believed that proposed research on sensory deprivation violated ethical rules he/she could challenge it by putting form in mailbox.
Procedure (4) Experimenter left room and pp was taken into next room where there was a computer on which to write a statement, a mailbox and research committee feedback forms. After 7 mins, taken back to original room to complete 2 personality tests and questioned about any suspicions.
Procedure (5) Participants then debriefed and asked to sign second consent form. Procedure lasted 40 mins.
Procedure (6) Group of 138 comparison students were provided with detailed description of experimental setting. They were asked 'What would you do?' and 'What would the average student at your university do?'
Results COMPARISON GROUP-MYSELF: 3.60% would obey, 31.90% would disobey, 64.50% would whistleblow. COMPARISON GROUP-OTHERS: 18.80% would obey, 43.90% would disobey, 37.30% would whistleblow. EXPERIMENTAL GROUP: 76.50% would obey, 14.10 would disobey, 9.40% would whistleblow.
Conclusion People are very obedient and whistle-blowing is uncommon. People overestimate whistleblowing and underestimate obedience. No evidence that dispositional factors affect obedience or whistleblowing.
Evaluation Lab Experiment- highly controlled, reduces extraneous variables. Lacks ecological validity due to unrealistic settings. Replicable as it was done in a lab and controlled. Also all conditions were standardised.
Evaluation (2) Large sample so good for experiment Unrepresentative as all pp's were from same place and has similar characteristics. Ungeneralisable to other ages and cultural groups.

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