Milgram numbers Flashcards
(21 cards)
40
Participants
30
Switches
20 to 50
Age range of participants
47
Age of accountant Mr Wallace
450
Maximum volts
92%
Responded to the follow up questionnaire
84%
We’re glad or very glad to have taken part
15%
We’re neutral about taking part
80%
Felt more experiments like this should take place
74%
Learnt something of personal importance
0-3%
Of participants were predicted to administer all 30 shocks
1
Participant had a seizure so bad that the study had to be stopped and them taken out
26
Participants flicked every switch
4
Every 4 switches had verbal labels
15
Volts between each switch
14
Yale psychology students were surveyed prior to the study
375-420
Voltage at which 1 participant stopped
315-360
Voltage at which 8 participants stopped
14
Participants showed nervous laughter
3
Participants had seizures
14
Participants denied the experimenters authority