Situational Variables of Obedience

Question 1

Obedience meaning

Answer 1

Somebody acts in response to a direct order from a perceived authority figure

Question 1

Learner and teacher in separate rooms

Answer 1

65%

Question 2

Learner and teacher in same room

Answer 2

40% decrease

Question 3

What situation variable caused a 40% decrease in obedience and what did Milgram do?

Answer 3

Proximity - learner and teacher in same room

Question 4

Experimenter and teacher in same room

Answer 4

65%

Question 5

Experimenter and teacher in different rooms, experimenter instructing through telephone

Answer 5

25.5% decrease

Question 6

What situation variable caused a 25.5% decrease in obedience and what did Milgram do?

Answer 6

Proximity - Experimenter and teacher in different rooms, experimenter instructing through telephone.

Question 7

Conducted in a run down office in run down area

Answer 7

48% decrease

Question 8

What situation variable caused a 48% decrease in obedience and what did Milgram do?

Answer 8

Location - conducted in a run down office in a run down area

Question 9

Conducted in Yale University

Answer 9

65%

Question 10

Experimenter in a lab coat

Answer 10

65%

Question 11

Experimenter in everyday clothes

Answer 11

20% decrease

Question 12

What situation variable caused a 20% decrease in obedience and what did Milgram do?

Answer 12

Uniform - made experimenter wear everyday clothes