Evaluation

Question 1

Internal validity issues

Answer 1

• Use of electrical punishment
• Demand Characteristics
• Unrealistic responses from experiment
• Appropriate confounding variables

Question 2

External Validity

Answer 2

• Use of volunteers
• Only male participants
• Lack of mundane realism for everyday obedience
• Relevant to examples of extremes obedience (Nazi Germany)
• Lack of relevance to modern society bias

Question 3

Ethical issues

Answer 3

• Deception: told it was on memory and learning, not obedience
• Risk of stress, anxiety, humiliation and pain: 3 had seizures
• Lack of valid consent: deceived so didn’t know true aims