Behavioural Study Of Obedience Milgram 1963 Flashcards

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Aim

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To test the Germans are different hypothesis that suggested Hitler could not have committed the Holocaust without the unquestioning cooperation of the German population.
To see if individuals would all be to authority figures

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Procedure

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40 making nails is 20 to 50 responded to an advert.
Who introduced by a man in a grey lab coat.
If rps got it wrong the participants had been given a punishment of an electric shock
Rps were told to carry on even though they believed the person on the other side was generally hurt

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Findings

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20 50 40 participants give shocks of up to 450 V

Many participants showed distress such as twitching sweating and giggling nervously

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Conclusions

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People Obay people who are seen to be authority figures

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