Lesson 6 - Situational Factors affecting obedience

Question 1

What are the 3 situational factors affecting obedience?

Answer 1

Proximity
Location
Uniform

Question 2

How does proximity affect obedience?

Answer 2

In a variation of Milgrams study where the PP and Mr Wallace were in the same room, conformity fell from 100 to 40%. Proximity of experimenter also has an affect, when experimenter left the room and spoke over phone, obedience fell to 21%

Question 3

How does Location affect obedience?

Answer 3

When milligrams study was completed in a run down office, obedience fell to 48%, PPs after said that location when at Yale gave them confidence in experimenter

Question 4

How does uniform affect obedience?

Answer 4

Bickman asked confeds to tell paserbys to pick their litter up, they were dressed as either a guard of civilian. 90% picked up when told by guard, only 50% obeyed civilian. Shows more likely to respect someone in a uniform.