Obedience: Milgram - Evaluation Flashcards

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Low Internal Validity

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PPS realised shocks were fake.

But replication with real shocks got similar results. - Sheridan & King [1972]

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Good External Validity

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Findings generalise to other situations such as hospital wards. - Hofling et al. [1966]

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Supporting Replication

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‘Game of Death’ [2010] found 80% gave maximum shock, plus similar behaviour to Milgram’s PPS.

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Extra

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Alternative explanation - Social Identity Theory: Reicher [2012]
Ethical Issues.

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