Milgram's Variation Study Description Flashcards
How many participants were involved?
80 who answered a local newspaper advert.
What is the aim of this study?
To investigate whether the rate of obedience in Milgram’s original study of obedience would be affected be affected by witnessing rebellious or obedient fellow participants.
Where was the study held?
Yale University
The shocks went up in __ _____ increments to ___ volts.
15, volt, 450
Participants were shocked every time they got a question based around ____ pairs _______.
Word, pairs
Participants thought the shocks were real…
But they were fake, and responses were scripted.
Participants took part in two conditions. What were these?
Rebellious condition, and obedient condition.
Participants were _________ to the original sample of ___ participants in terms of ___ and occupation.
Matched, 40, age
Condition 1- Had ___ rebellious confederate teachers and one real ___________/teacher. The real participant administered the ______.
Two, participant, shocks
Condition 1- The first confederate refused to carry on shocking after ___v, the second at ___v.
150, 210
Condition 2- Had ___ obedient confederate teachers and one real _________/teacher. The _____________ gave shocks without protest.
Two, participant, confederate
In Condition 1, ___% of real participants stopped at ____v with the first rebellious confederate.
50, 150
In Condition 1, __% of real participants gave the full 450v in comparison to __% in the original study.
10, 65
In Condition 2, __._% of true participants gave the full ____v.
72.5, 450
The presence of _______ ___________ influenced the rates of obedience. The participants had _____ confidence to go against authority when the other did so first. And vice versa.
Fellow, participants, more
