Bocchairo Flashcards
What is the aim for bocchairos study?
To investigate the obedience, disobedience and whistleblowing in response to a highly unethical instruction.
What are three features of bocchairos study?
1.149 undergraduate students
2. Vu university
3. Paid £7 or course credit
What did bocchairo do before the procedure to ensure cover story of sensory deprivation was believable?
8 pilot studies
What happened in room 1 of bocchairos study?
1.Greeted in lab by Dutch authority figure
2.Asked to provide three friends for a study on sensory deprivation
3. Could choose to obey and a write letter to give to there friend, disobey and not write the letter or whisteblow to the research committee.
4. Experiemnter left room for 3minutes so they can make decision.
What happend in room 2 in bocchairos study?
- P’s told to be enthusiastic in letter and not say anything negative about sensory deprivation.
2.experimenter left for 7 minutes for p’s to do there decision.
What happened in room 3 of bocchairos study?
HEXACO AND SVO personality inventories given , fully debriefed and asked to sign a consent form.
What were p’s given at the start of the bocchairos study?
Informed consent
R2W
Confidentiality
What were the results for the comparison group in bocchairos study?
3.6% would obey
What were the results for the main p’s in bocchairos study?
76.5% obeyed
14% disobeyed
9% whistleblew
What were the results for the personality tests in bocchairos study?
No significant difference
HOWEVER,
there was a trend with those who whistle Bew had a faith.
What are two conclusions from bocchairos study?
1.People tend to obey authority figures even when the authority is unjust.
2.What people say the will do in response to an unethical request differs from what they actaully do.
