1.2.1.0 Milgrim

Question 1

What was the aim of milgrims study?

Answer 1

He was interested in how pps obey in a situation which involves harming another person, interested in seeing how people could could be influenced into completieng atrocities such as ww1

Question 2

What kind of [[s dod Milgrim use?

Answer 2

20 males, aged 20-50.

Question 3

How much were pps paid per day?

Answer 3

4 dollars a day

Question 4

What kind of experiment was milgrims study?

Answer 4

A laboratory experiment

Question 5

What role did the pps play in the experiment?

Answer 5

The pps were always the teacher and the confederates were always the learner

Question 6

What happened when the confederates answered the question wrong?

Answer 6

The voltage was increased, between 15V and 450V

Question 7

What were the four prompts used?

Answer 7

‘please continue’
‘The experiment requires that you continue’
‘It is absolutely essential that you continue’
‘You have no other choice, you must go on’

Question 8

What were the percentages of different types of jobs within the experiment?

Answer 8

37.5% manual labourers
40% white collar workers
22.5% professionals

Question 9

What is the maximum voltage that all pps went up to?

Answer 9

300V

Question 10

What percentage of pps stopped at 300V?

Answer 10

25%

Question 11

What percentage went all the way up to 450v?

Answer 11

65%

Question 12

What physical signs were shown by the pps during the experiment?

Answer 12

• sweating
• trembling
• stuttering
• biting their lips
• three had uncontrollable seizures

Question 13

What kind of data was collected?

Answer 13

Qualitative

Question 14

What were the three variations of milgrims study?

Answer 14

• proximity
• location
• uniform

Question 15

What were the three different proximity variations?

Answer 15

• the teacher and the learner were in the same room
• teacher had to put the learners hand on the shock plate
• initial instruction was given in person, then the rest of the instructions were given over the phone

Question 16

When the teacher and learner were in the same room, what did the obedience up to 450V drop to?

Answer 16

40%

Question 17

When the teacher had to put the learners hand on the shock plate what did the obedience up to 450V drop to?

Answer 17

30%

Question 18

What did the percentage of obedience up to 450V drop to in the variation where only the initial instructions were given in person?

Answer 18

20.5%

Question 19

What was the change made in the location variation?

Answer 19

The experiment was held in a run down building as opposed to a building associated with Yale.

Question 20

What did the obedience drop to in the location variation?

Answer 20

57.5%

Question 21

What was altered in the uniform variation?

Answer 21

The examiner wore normal clothes, as opposed to lab clothes, and simply suggested increasing the voltage

Question 22

What did the the obedience up to 450V drop to in the uniform variation?

Answer 22

20%