Milgram Variation Studies

Question 1

What was Milgrams experiment 7?

Answer 1

Telephonic instructions/closeness of authority/experimenter absent

Question 2

What was the aim of Milgrams experiment 7?

Answer 2

To see if the distance between the participant and the experimenter effects obedience

Question 3

Where did Milgrams experiment 7 take place?

Answer 3

Yale University

Question 4

How did the procedure in Milgrams experiment 7 differ from the original study?

Answer 4

The experimenter was away from the participants and gave instructions via the telephone

Question 5

How did the results of Milgrams experiment 7 differ from the original study?

Answer 5

The obedience levels dropped sharply when the orders were given over the telephone (22.5% or 9/40 participants continued to 450v)

Less obedient than the original study

Question 6

Why did the results of Milgrams experiment 7 differ from the original study?

Answer 6

Concluded that when the experimenter is not face to face with the participant it is easier not to obey - immediacy of the source decreased

Question 7

What was Milgrams experiment 10?

Answer 7

Rundown office block/institutional context

Question 8

What was the aim of Milgrams experiment 10?

Answer 8

Investigate what level of obedience would be shown when participants were told by an authority figure to administer electric shocks to another person

Question 9

Where did Milgrams experiment 10 take place?

Answer 9

Rundown office block in Bridgeport

Question 10

How did the procedure Milgrams of experiment 10 differ to the original study?

Answer 10

Participants thought the study was being run by ‘research associates of Bridgeport’

The environment was very different

Question 11

How were the results of Milgrams experiment 10 different to the original study?

Answer 11

All participants obeyed the experimenter and delivered shocks up to 300 volts

47.5% delivered shocks up to the maximum 450 volts

Less obedient than the original study

Question 12

Why did the results of Milgrams experiment 10 differ from the original study?

Answer 12

Milgram concluded that one of the factors determining obedience is the situation and research firms are seen as less prestigious

Participants may not of seen the researchers as legitimate authority figures and therefore not obeyed

Question 13

What was Milgrams experiment 13?

Answer 13

Ordinary man gives orders

Question 14

What was the aim of Milgrams experiment 13?

Answer 14

To investigate whether the appearance of the experimenter affects the obedience of participants

Question 15

Where did Milgrams experiment 13 take place?

Answer 15

Yale university

Question 16

How did the procedure of Milgrams experiment 13 differ from the original study?

Answer 16

Milgram replaced the authority figure with an ‘ordinary man’

Experiment 13 - The experimenter is called away and the ordinary man takes over giving orders

Experiment 13a - the ordinary man swaps place with participant

Many participants try to stop him giving shocks

Question 17

How were the results of Milgrams experiment 13 different from the original study?

Answer 17

Obedience levels dropped to 20% of participants continuing to 450v

Less obedient than the original study

Question 18

Why did the results of Milgrams experiment 13 differ from the original study?

Answer 18

Participants won’t of seen the ‘ordinary man’ as a legitimate authority figure so participants won’t move into the agentic state as they won’t believe the experimenter will take full responsibility for their actions