milgram, situational variables

Question 1

milgram - proximity

Answer 1

-when L and T placed in same room , obedience rate dropped to 40%
-when teacher forced L hand onto electroshock plate, obedience dropped to 30%
- when E left room and gave instructions over the phone, obedience dropped to 20.5%

Question 2

milgram. -location

Answer 2

changed location to run down building instead of Yale, dropped to 47.5%

Question 3

milgram - uniform

Answer 3

experimenter called away because of a phone call, experimenter changed to an “ordinary person”, wearing normal clothes and not that white lab coat, obedience level fell to 20%

Question 4

strength , research support

Answer 4

p- research support
e-e bickham 1974, carried similar study, field experiment , c wore security uniform , milkmans outfit or everyday outfit and gave orders to passers by
e- found people were 2x more likely to obey security guard than normal people
l- more support for milgram , uniform = authority

Question 5

strength , replicated in other cultures

Answer 5

p- replicated in other cultures
e- miranda et al 1981, repeated study on spanish students, obedienec rate was over 90%, important as it shows his conclusions = not limited to american men but are valid across cultures
e- smith and bond 1998, would aruge that rreplication took place in wetern developed place, too early to conclude that findings can be applid to other cultures
l- still strength that its ben replicated , findings= limited , unlikely to be generalised to non western cultures e.g china

Question 6

strength , levels of control

Answer 6

p- high lvls
e- systematically manipulated one variable at a time , see effects it has
e= e.g able to manipulate variable location , by repeating study in run down building rather than yale
l- confident that findings= due to manipulation of variables , other reserachers can replicate study in same way , make sure findings arent 1 off

Question 7

all of the percentage drops for the variations - milgram

Answer 7

Percentage of P that were obedient.
study done at Yale - 65%
study done at run down office - 47.5%
T + L in same room - 40% forces hand on L on plate - 30%
Orders over phone - 20.5% E played by public member - 20%